- What is R
- More than data…
- Resources for learning R
- Lets code!
The What and Why of R
R is a popular language: concepts apply to all coding/automation
- A set of instructions to complete tasks
- FREE!
- Packages for many actions
- More than Data Processing!
- Visualization
- Slides for presentations
- Text for articles, memos, reports
- Websites
- Interactive plots, maps
- Relational database querries
- Visualization
The What and Why of R
Why code? I'm not running fancy models…
* Efficiency
*Accuracy
*Reproducibility
Improving Efficiency on Repetitive Tasks
Effect of Day Length on Species Growth
The 'meta' Moment
You've been looking at a simple R markdown presentation this entire time
Possibilities are Endless
- Improve your skills - a few places I've used to get started
Skill Building
An Introduction to R here
R for Data Science here
RStudio Cheat Sheets here
PuttingtheSEAinCode
The dataset we will be working with is about the effect of daylength on several species. Follow along with these instructions
- use the comments to ask questions Chante will be monitoring to help with questions
- use the "raise hand" feature to ask a question to all
Lets Code!