To get the most recent version of R for common distributions.

Follow the instructions for your distribution.

Double click the file to install RStudio.

(where x, y, and z represent version numbers).

Under Installers select RStudio x.yy.zzz - Mac OS X 10.6+ (64-bit).

It is also a good idea to install XQuartz (needed.

Double click on the downloaded file to install R.

If you don’t have R and RStudio installed

In any case, make sure you have at least R 3.2. Whether a more recent version is available. Alternatively, you can type sessionInfo(), which will also display which version of R you are running. That appears on the terminal indicates the version of R you are running.

To check the version of R you are using, start RStudio and the first thing.

MacOS If you already have R and RStudio installed

Once it’s installed, open RStudio to make sure it works and you don’t get any.

Vista/7/8/10 (where x, y, and z represent version numbers).

Under Installers select RStudio x.yy.zzz - Windows.

If ( ! ( 'installr' %in% installed.packages ()) ) installr :: updateR ( TRUE ) If you don’t have R and RStudio installed Alternatively, you can type sessionInfo(), which will also display That appears in the console indicates the version of R you are

To check which version of R you are using, start RStudio and the first thing.

If a new version isĪvailable, quit RStudio, and download the latest version for RStudio.

Open RStudio, and click on “Help” > “Check for updates”.

Windows If you already have R and RStudio installed See the tidyverse website for more details.įollow the instructions below for your operating system, and then follow the Tidyverse package is a powerful collection of data science tools within R

You will need to install the tidyverse package from within RStudio. Once installed, because RStudio is an IDE, RStudio will run R in Using R much easier and more interactive. RStudio is a graphical integrated development environment (IDE) that makes Underlying statistical computing environment, but using R alone is noįun. R and RStudio are separate downloads and installations. R for Social Scientists: Setup Setup instructions

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