L2: Introduction to R, Quarto, and R evironments

Bogdan G. Popescu

John Cabot University

Installing R and R Studio

We will install two programs

Install the version of RStudio relevant for your OS.

Note that there are different files for Apple silicon (M1/M2) Macs and for Intel Macs

Install the version of RStudio relevant for your OS.

Note that there are different files for Apple silicon (M1/M2) Macs and for Intel Macs.

The platform interface for R studio looks like below:

The platform interface for R studio looks like below:

The platform interface for R studio looks like below:

The platform interface for R studio looks like below:

Quarto is a version of R Markdown from RStudio that allows us to run code and write text.

Quarto files have the *.qmd extension

You can produce a wide variety of output types:

You can now start typing.

To use Quarto with R, you should install the rmarkdown R package:

install.packages("rmarkdown")

You can now start typing.

To use Quarto with R, you should install the rmarkdown R package:

You can now start typing.

To use Quarto with R, you should install the rmarkdown R package:

You can now start typing.

To use Quarto with R, you should install the rmarkdown R package:

Let us now use R to understand how it works.

Let’s create a new quarto document and save it in your “week2” folder