Putting the
R
in R
eed CIS
Chester Ismay
Friday, August 5, 2016
Google Form for Questions: http://bit.ly/cis_r
What is R
?

What has R
been?

What is R
becoming?

RStudio and R Markdown
- Nice user interface
- Free
- RStudio in Desktop and Server versions
- Reproducible research using R Markdown
RStudio and R Markdown

But then I have to learn R…
Like learning a foreign language!
Similarities (In the simplest case)
functions |
verb |
- sqrt() |
|
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- arrange() |
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- lm() |
command |
sentence |
- exp(3) |
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- tail(babynames) |
KEY POINT - Exposure makes you fluent!
To the beeR!
