Getting Started with R, R Studio, and R Markdown

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# Getting Started with R, R Studio, and R Markdown
## .small[EDUC/PSY 6600]

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# Background Information

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![](https://www.rstudio.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/rmarkdown-200x232.png)

### [rmarkdown.rstudio.com](http://rmarkdown.rstudio.com/)

.large[**R Markdown** documents are fully **reproducible**. Use a productive *notebook* interface to *weave* together narrative **text** and **code** to produce *elegantly* formatted output. Use multiple languages including **R**, Python, and SQL.]

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![](https://www.rstudio.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/knitr-200x232.png)

### [yihui.name/knitr](https://yihui.name/knitr/)
 
.large[**Knitr** is an engine for *dynamic report generation* with **R**. It is a package in the statistical programming language **R** that enables integration of **R code** *into* **LaTeX**, LyX, HTML, Markdown, AsciiDoc, and reStructuredText documents.]

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# You will need to DOWNLOAD and INSTALL the following:

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1. [`R`][6]
2. [`R Studio`][8]
3. `LaTeX`
    - Mac: [MacTeX][10]
    - PC:  [MikTeX][11] 
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.footnote[Note: they are all **FREE**]

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It is important to keep **R** and **RStudio** up-to-date.
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[6]: https://www.r-project.org/
[8]: https://www.rstudio.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/RStudio-Logo-Blue-Gray-125.png
[9]: https://www.latex-project.org/img/latex-project-logo.svg
[10]: http://tug.org/mactex/
[11]: http://miktex.org/download
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![R logo][5]

.huge[Get the latest released version of FREE **Base R** from *CRAN*

+ the defaults are good...don't change them
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[5]: https://www.r-project.org/Rlogo.png
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.huge[Get the latest version of the FREE *Open Source* **Desktop Edition** of **R Studio**

+ the defaults are good...don't change them
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![LaTeX logo][9]

### Mac: [MacTeX][10]
- Download (5+ min) to a folder and them double click on the PKG file and follow the installation instructions. 
- You don't need to open anything after MAcTeX is finished installing.

### Windows: [MikTeX][11] 
- Pick the latest version of the **Net Installer**, not the Basic!  You need the full version 
     + 64-bit is better, if you have a 64-bit machine
     + When your **download** is complete, run the downloaded **installer**. Windows may ask you if you want to *“allow this app from an unknown publisher to make changes to your PC”*. If it does, make sure to click **Yes**!

.large[This is the slowest part...]