Setting up R and RStudio

Published

January 30, 2025

Intro

Your first mini assignment is to install R/RStudio and make sure it is working correctly.

R is a language and an environment for statistical computing and graphics.

Steps

  1. Download the base software from The R Project for Statistical Computing url

    • Download R by clicking the hyperlink ” To download R” in the first paragraph.

    • Whatever CRAN mirror is fine!

    • Make sure it is running!

  2. It should look something like this
  1. Download RStudio from the RStudio Posit website - Scroll down to find the latest version that matches your OS
-   Open Rstudio and make sure it is working!

Looks something like this

Assignment

We will run a small code in Rstudio in class to make sure everyone has it set up correctly!