Resources for Lab 1

The data analysis life cycle

Interactive web console Basic R

Access the R web console for some basic R commands

Interactive web console Dataset and Visualization

Access the R web console for a quick visualisation

Homework:

  • Install R and Rstudio: install R and Rstudio on your personal laptop! For a guide, see for example this tutorial and get familiar with Rstudio interface. If you prefer a video tutorial, check it here.

  • Install useful packages:

    • install.package() command.
    • Run install.package("tidyverse").

  • Run head(mtcars)to visualise the first rows of the mtcars dataset.

  • Run ?mtcars to check the meaning of the column in the mtcarsdataset.

  • Use the summary()function on the mtcars dataset.

    • What’s the highest Miles-Per-Gallon value?
    • What’s the average number of carubretors?

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