class: center, middle, inverse, title-slide # Introduction to R --- class: inverse # What is R? R is a free software for data analysis, initially developed by **R**oss Ihaka and **R**obert Gentleman in 1996. <img src="images/00_R-logo.png" width="25%" /> -- # Why use R? * It's free * For state-of-the-art graphics and data analysis * It runs on all platforms: Windows, Linux, Mac * Large and helpful user community * It has great, free, online learning resources --- class: inverse, center, middle # What can you do with it? ## All sorts of analyses statistics genetics spatial epidemiology machine learning and many more (see [cran web views](https://cran.r-project.org/web/views/)) --- class: inverse, center, middle <img src="images/ScholarlyImpact2018.png" width="60%" /> Source: [The Popularity of Data Science Software](http://r4stats.com/articles/popularity/) --- class: inverse, center, middle ## Explore, manipulate, and visualize data <img src="images/r4ds.png" width="40%" /> Source: [R for Data Science](https://r4ds.had.co.nz/) --- class: inverse, center, middle <img src="images/bbc-r.png" width="70%" /> Source: [medium.com](https://medium.com/bbc-visual-and-data-journalism/how-the-bbc-visual-and-data-journalism-team-works-with-graphics-in-r-ed0b35693535) --- class: inverse, center, middle ## Make interactive plots and maps
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--- class: inverse, center, middle ## This presentation was made with R (R markdown) -- ## So were our conference/lessons websites --- class: inverse, center, middle # So let's get started!