Goals of this Lesson:
- Find the icon for the R Console Application (not RStudio)
- Try out the R Console Application (not RStudio)
What tools do we need to use R in this course?
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- R Console Application
- RStudio — the graphical interface for accessing the engine of R
We can run R via either of the above tools. But RStudio looks complicated. So our plan is to first learn R by using the R Console application first before we use RStudio.
What do you need to do for this lesson?
Step 1 — Download the R Console application and its graphical interface called RStudio. See the syllabus for download instructions.
Step 2 — Watch the video (scroll to the bottom of this page) which shows you how to do the R1 assignment. While the video demonstration uses a Mac, PC users should use a very similar screen layout in their R Console application.
Important !! — If you are a PC user, please read the following carefully:
If you are having great difficulty in creating your R script or saving your result in a text file because your R screen looks very different than that shown in the video, that probably means that you are not using the R Console application — you are using RStudio instead.
Here is how to find your R Console application on your PC:
https://www.course.cafe/math/lesson/running-r-console-application-on-pc/
Here is the video showing you how to do the R1 homework:
R1 – Try out the R Console Application
For PC:
For Mac:
Ch 1.1 and 1.2 of the documentation below also shows you how to interact with the R Console:
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