Data Programming with R

Author
Affiliation
Karl Ho

University of Texas at Dallas

Published

September 18, 2022

Preface

This course requires no prior experience in programming. Yet, if you have some programming experience (e.g. SPSS, Stata, HTML), it will be helpful. R is an interpreted languages. In other words, the programs do not need compilation but will run in an environment to get the outputs. In this course, that is RStudio.

All packages and accounts are free and supported by open sources. It is recommended students bring their own computers (not mobile device) running MacOS, Linux or Windows operating systems.

Recommended software and IDE’s:

  1. R version 4.2.1 or later (https://cran.r-project.org)

  2. RStudio version 1.2.x (https://www.rstudio.com)

  3. Text editor of own choice (e.g. Atom, Sublime Text, Ultraedit)

Recommended websites/accounts:

1. GitHub (https://github.com)

2. RStudio Cloud