An introduction to R Markdown
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TOPIC
Our speaker for this event will be Thea Knowles (https://theaknowles.com). She is currently an assistant professor in the Department of Communicative Disorders & Sciences at the University at Buffalo.
In this talk, she will introduce RMarkdown, a powerful set of tools to combine code and writing. This hands-on tutorial will walk through the process of using RMarkdown to share results with others, some tricks & tips, and common roadblocks and how to overcome them. She will also briefly show other ways to scale up your use of RMarkdown, for example to write journal articles, dissertations/books, and websites.
PREPARATION
- Have R and RStudio installed
In the console, install the "tidyverse" package if you don't already have it by entering: install.packages("tidyverse"). The "rmarkdown" and "knitr" packages are automatically included in RStudio downloads, so no need to install anything else.
- Consider updating RStudio
If you haven't updated RStudio in a few months you may wish to do so, since new integrations have made using RMarkdown even better.
If you have an older version installed that's okay too - you'll still be able to follow along.
If you're not sure, or are nervous about updating, you can also use RStudio cloud (https://rstudio.cloud/projects)!
- Download the materials we'll be using:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1XGtZdakWU7_2gN5NAgCE0RjqvyTszdco/view?usp=sharing
Note: we will be using simulated data from Politzer-Ahles & Piccinini 2018
ONLINE PROGRAMME
The event will be held online and will start at 16:00 (UK time). You can use the following link to join the session: https://zoom.us/j/97481982744?pwd=NnRFYlhKY283R2lpN1pJRGpUZk1Hdz09
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