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R for Absolute Beginners

December 11, 2017 Rob

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On Tuesday I gave a workshop at the Data Journalism UK conference, run by Paul Bradshaw. This was the worked example for absolute beginners that we went through. If you’ve never looked at R before and want to run some R code, load up this page , copy the following in step by step … Read More “R for Absolute Beginners” »

How to Set Your Working Directory in RStudio on a PC

March 24, 2017 Rob

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This is a quick tip to avoid having to use the setwd() function to set your working directory all the time. Assuming you are working on a PC using RStudio, here is how to change your working directory to a R sub-folder. To do this, I made use of this guide. Step 1: Go to C:\Program Files\R\[your_version]\etc … Read More “How to Set Your Working Directory in RStudio on a PC” »