Dowloading RStudio

The easiest way to get up and running is by downloading and installing anaconda on your computer. This is freely available from Continuum Analytics at https://www.continuum.io/DOWNLOADS . Once installed, you can open the Navigator application and you should see the screen below.

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Click the install RStudio button, let it install and open RStudio.

Starting RStudio

Once you start RStudio the first time, begin a new RMarkdown document by clicking in the upper left corner of the screen as shown below.

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Seeing the Document

You will be prompted to name your document. For example, you may want to name the document my_first_doc. After naming your document, RStudio generates a basic template showing many of the basic elements of an RMarkdown document including headers and code execution. An RMarkdown document is capable of typing regular documents like you may be familiar with from Microsoft Word or Google Docs, as well as acting like a graphing calculator. To see the basic document as is, click the knit button in the upper left quadrant and you should see a document produced like the one below.

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