Welcome to our ultimate guide for getting started with the programming language R! R is an incredibly popular and powerful programming language, used by many data scientists and statisticians to perform statistical analyses and create data visualizations.
In this guide, we will show you how to use R to manipulate and visualize data, write functions, and use R packages. We will also show you how to create professional-quality graphics using R. This guide is designed for programming beginners, so don’t worry if you’ve never used R before!
Before I delve further into the topic, I’ll quickly introduce myself. My name is Léo, I am 32 years old and I am the Head of Marketing in a real estate agency whose business model is based on data. After studying digital marketing, I passed a professional certification in Data Science, delivered by Harvard. My goal is to share my knowledge with you and to allow you to discover R in a simple and free way. Now let’s get back to the topic of this guide:
Several chapters will be covered in this guide and you will find links to the various articles under each of them. Now that you know what to expect, let’s get started! Let’s begin our journey to learning R.
In this section, we will talk about the reasons why R is a popular tool, the characteristics of R, and the fields in which R is used.
Before starting to use R, there are certain knowledge and tools that you need. We will show you what you need in this section.
In this section, we will show you how to install R on your computer, and understand how RStudio works
You will finally be able to write and run your first program in R.
In this section, you will learn how to load, manipulate, and visualize data in R.
Data structures in R
Here, we will show you the different data structures available in R and how to use them.
Functions in R
In this section, you will learn how to write and use functions in R.
In this section, you will learn what an R package is and how to use one to extend the basic functionality of R.
This is probably the part you’re most looking forward to. You’ll discover how to create professional-quality graphics in R using different packages.
Conclusions: In this final section, we will summarize the main points of the guide and give you ideas on what you can do with R once you have acquired the basics.
This guide will be updated regularly and structured based on the new articles we will publish. Thank you and happy reading.