Slides and Class Content - Week 1

Week 1

Wednesday

• 2016-08-31

Covered content

• Go over PS1
  • FAQ here
• Log-in to RStudio Server
  • Make sure to switch from R 3.1.0 to R 3.2.0 in the top right hand part of the screen
  • Install the needed packages

needed_pkgs <- c("nycflights13", "dplyr", "ggplot2", "knitr",
                 "ggplot2movies", "dygraphs", "rmarkdown", "mosaic", "tibble")

new.pkgs <- needed_pkgs[!(needed_pkgs %in% installed.packages())]

if(length(new.pkgs)) {
    install.packages(new.pkgs, repos = "http://cran.rstudio.com")
}

• If everything installed correctly, you’ll see this when you run the code again. If you don’t get this, send me an email.

• Read over Chapters 3, 4, and 5 in Getting Used to R

Monday

• 2016-08-29

Covered Content

• Introduction to the course and to each other
• Pre-test Due by 3:00 PM Tuesday
• PS1 Due by 10:00 AM on Wednesday
• Read the first two chapters of Getting used to R, RStudio, and RMarkdown for Wednesday
• Read the first two chapters of A MODERN DIVE into Data with R for Wednesday