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Software: Learn R

Resources to learn and use the Open Source Statistical software R (R-Project)

The R Project for Statistical Computing is a free, open source statistical computing language that is popular among researchers in many fields. 

The learning curve for true understanding is steep, but specific tasks (e.g., importing files from other statistical software) are often quite easy because of packages that can be created by anybody. R undergoes rapid development and improvement. Tutorials even a year old may be out of date.

Installing the Software

Installing the Software

The following are from the interactive Setup Tutorial:

OR see videos of the whole process for Video Installing R on  Windows or Video installing R on  Mac (From OpenIntro on YouTube)

Try R without Installing

Try R Without Installing

If you cannot install R and/or RStudio, check out Posit Cloud

Browser-based tutorials

These do not start with R basics, but provide code and examples you can run and modify.

Data & Digital Scholarship Services (DDSS/DiSC)

Data & Digital Scholarship Services helps researchers with creating, finding, and using data; geographic information systems (GIS); research data management and sharing; digital humanities and digital project planning and management.

Questions?
For more information, check out infoguides.gmu.edu/ddss
or contact us at 
datahelp@gmu.edu