Workshop Description

Getting Started in R is an open-source and flexible programming language that can be used for all kinds of data analysis, data visualization, text mining, and even document creation. For anyone interested in using R for qualitative or liberal arts research, this workshop will show you how to get started in R with absolutely no coding experience necessary. Because R requires installing (totally free) software, please plan to attend this workshop with the computer you intend to use R on going forward. If you do not have administrator privileges to install software on your computer, please ask your administrator to install the latest version of R and RStudio prior to the workshop. 

In this workshop, you will:

• Install R and RStudio on your computer
• Get to know the RStudio interface
• Try basic coding
• Learn how packages work in R and how to install them
• Install packages from the Tidyverse suite of packages for data analysis
• Produce a simple data visualization using sample code
• Get started with the Stringr package for text analysis
• Leave with recommended resources for continued learning on your own

Workshop notes, code snippets, and suggested resources for continued learning are available online