https://www.illustratedbytes.com/blog/series_intro_to_r/ Recent content in Getting started with R on Illustrated Bytes Hugo -- gohugo.io en Mon, 12 Jul 2021 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.illustratedbytes.com/blog/series_intro_to_r/01-first_post/ Mon, 12 Jul 2021 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.illustratedbytes.com/blog/series_intro_to_r/01-first_post/ TL;DR Install R Install RStudio Step 1: Install R Our very first step is to download and install R from CRAN - a repository for R. Download and install the version of R that corresponds to your operating system. You can think of R as an interpreter between you and your computer. Once R is installed, you can write instructions using the R programming language, which are then translated by R into a language that your computer will understand. https://www.illustratedbytes.com/blog/series_intro_to_r/02-second_post/ Mon, 12 Jul 2021 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.illustratedbytes.com/blog/series_intro_to_r/02-second_post/ Using scripts So far, we have typed commands into the console. But you will notice that there is no option to save the code that we have typed into the console. Most projects would require files that can be saved so that we can work on them over a period of time and execute them a multiple times without having to type them out each time.