Category Archives: rstats

Getting started – a quick word on destinations – plotting

Posted on April 22, 2013 by robayedavies

A critical reason for learning to use R is the superior capacity that affords to visualize data. If you learn to plot data with R you are learning to plot data using the best tools now available. There are four … Continue reading →

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Getting started – R-Studio, ggplot, installing packages and loading them for use

Posted on April 21, 2013 by robayedavies

Install R Revise how to install R, as previously discussed here and here. Installation How do you download and install R? Google “CRAN” and click on the download link, then follow the instructions (e.g. at “install R for the first time”). … Continue reading →

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I recommend R in the sense that:

Posted on April 14, 2013 by robayedavies

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Plot your data

Posted on April 14, 2013 by robayedavies

I would start plotting my data almost from the beginning. You can get an impression of how powerful the visualization capacity of R is from this gallery. There are multiple systems for doing graphics in R (cf. in SPSS where you … Continue reading →

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Getting started in R – me and other people on how to get started

Posted on April 13, 2013 by robayedavies

As noted previously, there are a huge number of resources on how to get started with R, available online. I will be making my own contributions to this genre but before I really get rolling with that, it is fair … Continue reading →

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Getting started in R – other people on why R?

Posted on April 13, 2013 by robayedavies

Why use R? For inside-r, it’s because R is free, a language, a system with great graphics capabilities, a flexible toolkit, access to the cutting-edge, and a vibrant and supportive user community. For Kevin Goulding, the reasons also include that … Continue reading →

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Getting started in R – Why R?

Posted on April 13, 2013 by robayedavies

I will be sharing how to get started in R, using R-Studio. Most R blogs (see R bloggers) include a ‘getting started’ entry and this will be my first (autobigraphical) version of ‘getting started’, built around my answers to the … Continue reading →

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Getting started – Learning how to learn

Posted on April 11, 2013 by robayedavies

Getting help, in R, is about other people: http://www.r-bloggers.com/r-and-social-media/

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What they call workflow

Posted on April 10, 2013 by robayedavies

[Password protected version of this post, under resources, with downloadable example files] Many researchers talk about workflow. This refers to the series of steps involved in completing an investigation: going from intention to paper, to paraphrase the title of Levelt’s … Continue reading →

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