# First Steps With R

## Status: DRAFT

## Syllabus outline

- Installing Rstudio
- Starting Rstudio
- The current working directory. Projects.
- Installing packages
- Summarising data with summary()
- Plotting data
- Finding packages
- Downloading data
- Plotting data again
- Further reading / next steps

# First Steps With R

## Installing R and RStudio

Most users of R use it from within another free piece of software called RStudio.
RStudio is a powerful and productive user interface for R. It’s free and open source, and works great on Windows, Mac, and Linux.

Our first task, therefore, is to install R and RStudio.

* Install R first. Downloads are available at https://cran.rstudio.com/
* Install RStudio second. Downloads are available at https://www.rstudio.com/products/rstudio/download/


## Status: DRAFT

## Syllabus outline

- Installing Rstudio (DONE )
- Starting Rstudio
- The current working directory. Projects.
- Installing packages
- Summarising data with summary()
- Plotting data
- Finding packages
- Downloading data
- Plotting data again
- Further reading / next steps

Install notes for R and RStudio
Install notes for R and RStudio
