Install

The first thing you should do is to download and install:

• A recent version of R.
• A recent version of RStudio (if you are having any trouble, try to download an older version).
• Once in RStudio, install the R packages. These are probably all the packages that you will need for all your courses (it will take a while). Otherwise, check the main page of your course to install only specific packages.

install.packages(c("countrycode", "DescTools", "foreign", "gapminder",
  "ggmap", "ggthemes", "haven", "htmlwidgets","janitor", "knitr", 
  "leaflet", "readxl", "rmarkdown", "rnaturalearth", "rnaturalearthdata",
  "RColorBrewer", "sf", "tidyverse", "wbstats"))

Follow the instructions in the video to learn how to download, install, and use RStudio.

Guía de RStudio (castellano | català)

Today, I had a chance to share the joy of working in R with data volunteers at @COVID19Tracking. A question came up that I’d love help answering from #rstats community:

“What resources would you suggest for someone new to R + the #tidyverse?”

Slides: https://t.co/ijSLNhMc5F pic.twitter.com/FsqNfNXL5F

— Matt Worthington is at @mrworthington@vis.social (@mrworthington) September 17, 2020