Get Started with R Markdown
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In this Guided Project, you will:
Create an R Markdown file
Write and use R Markdown commands
2 hours
Beginner
No download needed
Split-screen video
English
Desktop only
Welcome to this project-based course, Get Started with R Markdown. This project-based course is for people who are learning R and seek useful ways to organize their work in R. We will start this hands-on project with an overview of the project; then, we will get familiar with the RStudio interface and install the rmarkdown package. Be rest assured that you will learn a ton of good work here. In this project, you will learn about R Markdowns and its’ usefulness to you as an R user. By the end of this 2-hour long project, you will be able to create an R Markdown, understand the different components of the file, knit the file as an HTML document or a pdf document and write some R Markdown commands. By extension, we will learn how to publish the knitted document on RPubs. This project aims at learners looking to get started using the R programming language to create reproducible documents. There are no hard prerequisites, and any competent computer user should complete the project successfully.
Skills you will develop
R Markdown
R Programming
Rstudio
Learn step-by-step
In a video that plays in a split-screen with your work area, your instructor will walk you through these steps:
Getting Started
Create the R Markdown file
Explain the R Markdown Sections
Knitting the R Markdown file
R Markdown Commands - Part 1
R Markdown Commands - Part 2
Wrap up
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