Preliminaries
Assignment 1: Hello & Welcome to R (Due Week 1)
Readings
- Read the course syllabus (all parts of this website)
- Recommended reading:
- RDS, introduction
Data & Computational Work
The main purpose of this week’s assignment is to get your computer ready for all the work in the class. This means, primarily, installing software.
Install R on your computer
Begin by installing R (http://cloud.r-project.org). Choose the version appropriate for your computing platform:
If you use macOS with an Apple Silicon processor (i.e. an M-series processor), then install R for macOS’s Apple Silicon build. This version does not work on older, Intel-based Macs.
If you use macOS with an Intel processor, then install R for macOS’s Intel build.
If you use Microsoft Windows, then install R for Windows.
If you use Linux, choose your distribution and install the R package for it.
Install RStudio on your computer
If you use macOS (whether Apple Silicon or Intel), install this version of RStudio.
If you use Windows, install this version of RStudio.
If you use Linux, choose your distribution from the download page.
Confirm things work
- R is really a great big calculator. Let’s do some calculations!
- Add 2 and 3 together
- Multiply 4 by 6
- Divide 10 by 5