Learn R

Installing R & RStudio

We recommend you install both R and the RStudio environment

• QuickStart: Installing R & RStudio pdf guide
• CRAN - R Project Installation Files
• Download RStudio

No Installation Necessary

• RStudio Cloud - (Free for now) Access R and R Studio through your web browser. Requires making an account.

User Interface Packages

Novice users should also consider these options. 

DiSC User Interfaces Comparison (pdf)

Standalone Point-and-Click software

• jamovi - Slick interface for statistics and basic data management with an R back-end. Free and open source. 
• Exploratory - Complete data exploration and management using tidyverse terminology. Requires an account, free community plan for students and teachers, free public plan for everybody. 
• BlueSky Statistics - (Windows only) Traditional statistical software with many features that should be familiar to users of SPSS. Free Open Source Edition.

Pop-up Windows within R or RStudio

• The Landscape of R Packages for Automated Exploratory Data Analysis by Mateusz Staniak and Przemysław Biecek
  • Overview of many packages to add point-and-click interfaces for exploratory data analysis.
• Rcmdr – Designed for introductory statistics classes, it displays R syntax and can be used with RStudio
• rattle – Designed and optimized for data mining