R and RStudio

This guide is designed to provide information about R and RStudio, including access, learning opportunities, ways to get help, and how to access data.

Learn R with Ed Tech’s Introduction to R Series

Looking to learn R, but don’t know where to start? The Educational Technology team has a four-part series introducing you to many of the basic concepts you will need to start working with R. Each lesson has slides with sample code, screenshots, and examples to coach you through the basics of R and RStudio. Videos walking through the slides and demonstrating the concepts from the lessons accompany each slide deck. We recommend completing these lessons in the order they are listed.

Please note that accessing the materials below will require you to be logged into the relevant applications using your MHC credentials.

A note about our videos: All videos are broken into "chapters" or short sections that correspond to each section of slides. You can choose to jump to specific sections, or watch the full video!

Introduction to RStudio, Objects, and Functions: view the Google Slides and watch the accompanying video, (total run time is approximately 25 minutes, with chaptered sections available).
Introduction to Working with Data in R: view the Google Slides and watch the accompanying video (total run time is approximately 26 minutes, with chaptered sections available).
Introduction to Packages in R: view the Google Slides and watch the accompanying video (total run time is approximately 20 minutes, with chaptered sections available).
Introduction to Data Visualization: view the Google Slides. and watch the accompanying video (total run time is approximately 28 minutes, with chaptered sections available).