Lesson 01: Introduction & Installation

What is Data Science?

 

Introduction to Data Science

Course Outline:

The purpose of R Bootcamp is to be able to read, wrangle, and visualize data using R in RStudio. By the end of the course you will be able to contribute to a society project next semester.

What is Data? Which Kind of Data Are We Going to Use?

We will be working with tabular data (think excel files; rows and columns). Other data includes pictures, videos, and audio.

Downloads

Downloading R

First Option:

Google “download R” or go to this link to download it. The page should look like this.

Second Option:

Use this direct R download

Downloading RStudio

First Option:

Google “download RStudio” or go to this link to download it. The page should look like this.

Second Option:

Use this direct RStudio download