Getting started with data analysis in R
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The first steps into analysing data with R. The first chapter in this part covers important concepts about data: whether they are discrete and continuous and how we summarise them using descriptive statistics. These ideas are not specific to analysing data with R, they apply whatever analysis tool you use.
The second chapter introduces you to R and RStudio for the first time. It explains what R, RStudio and R packages are and where to find them. It then explores the layout and appearance.
In the third chapter you will start coding and lean the most common data types and data structures used for data analysis.
The fourth chapter describes some useful workflow patterns and tools for organising your work in RStudio. Using these will make learning R easier.
Finally, we will go through a complete workflow from importing data from a file to saving a figure for reporting.