An introduction to R, a commonly used language for data and statistical analysis and visualization.

This introductory workshop aims to provide a quick “swimming” lesson to students, scholars, practitioners, and researchers who want to dive into the world of R.

R is a free and open-source programming language that is widely used for data and statistical analysis and data visualization. RStudio is a free user interface that we will use to write and run an R script and interact with our data.

After this workshop, you will be able to:

1. Confidently navigate the RStudio environment.
2. Create a new R script.
3. Write R code to perform basic math operations and assign values to variables.
4. Load in, look at, and subset a simple dataframe.
5. Know where and how to get help.

This workshop is for those who are curious about tools for analyzing or visualizing data, or for those who have heard about R and want to know more. No programming experience necessary – just bring yourself and a laptop!