Introduction to the Tidyverse: Setup

Files

We will be using some example data in the lesson. Download the file from here and extract it to your computer

Software

This lesson assumes you have the R and RStudio software installed on your computer.

R can be downloaded here.

RStudio is an environment for developing using R. It can be downloaded here. You will need the Desktop version for your computer; scroll to the bottom of the page for links.

R packages

The workshop is about using the tidyverse. You will need to install this on your R session. To do this enter: install.packages("tidyverse") at the R console prompt.

Installation will take several minutes, so it is worth doing this at the very start of the workshop.