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An introduction to R for complete beginners
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  1. 1

    The R way

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    R is a language that allows you to define your data analysis in words. This may be an unfamiliar way of working, but experience shows that this approach quickly leads to a large increase in power and efficiency.

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    R is not Excel
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    A first analysis in R
    100 xp
    Introduction to variables
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    Variable interlude
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    Variables and types
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  2. 3

    Working with columns

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    Data frames contain data, arranged in columns. In this chapter we get the column data and analyze it, using descriptive statistics.

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  3. 4

    Looking at data with plots

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    R has very powerful tools for looking at data with plots. We explore some simple plots.

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