This workshop is directed towards participants who have little or no experience with statistical computing or programming. R is an open source language that can be used for a variety of computational purposes. This class will introduce R in the context of its data manipulation and visualization capabilities. Via interactive code-alongs, students will learn the basics of creating variables, using functions, accessing documentation, loading packages, importing data and plotting.This session will be taught via Zoom: a link to the Zoom session will be sent in the confirmation and reminder emails.

Pre-requisites: none.

Prior to the workshop please set aside around one hour to follow the set-up instructions posted to the Workshops website. Feel free to reach out to the instructors for assistance if needed. If you would like a short introduction to RStudio, check out the BasicBasics 1 unit created by RLadies Sydney.