This is a compilation of general resources for getting started with R and R studio and exploring the diverse functionalities of the R ecosystem. Take a look!
- Getting started with R in videos.
- A list of R vocabulary by Hadley Wickham that goes through the basic functions you need to know to be fluent in R.
- The here package has to be amongst the top 10 best things to ever happen in R - in short, it will save you from broken file paths. More on how to use it.
- On the note of making your life in R easier, here is essential advice on why you should never save your workspace in R.
- Cheatsheets will be your best friend in R.
- Swirl tutorials to learn R in RStudio (without fear!).
- All the ins and outs of doing data science in R are in the R for Data Science book.
- Hadley Wickham’s Advanced R for intermediate R users that want to dive deeper into the language.
- When you’re ready to turn your code into an package, the R packages book will be there for you.
- Don’t R alone! A guide to tools for collaborating with R.
- Have an R question? Stack Overflow is the place to ask.
One last thing
The R universe is permanently expanding, and with so many awesome people contributing to create new packages & resources, it’s hard to keep up with everything that is going on. To find out what’s happening in R, here are a few things that you can do:
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Follow the “#rstats” feed on Twitter! You’ll find fantastic accounts to follow, and with an ever flowing source of information, it’s almost guaranteed that you’ll learn something new pretty often.
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Not on social media? Not to worry. Maelle Salmon collected several different ways to keep up with R news, some through social media, but also through podcasts The R podcast and newsletters such as R Weekly.
Attribution
Thanks to Icíar Fernández Boyano for gathering this list from past STAT 545 iterations.