What will you learn in the context of this unit?

There are various software packages and programming languages with which you can handle the data matrices you learned about in the previous unit. At this university we use both SPSS (but that will be slowly phased out) and R, which are quite different from each other. In this unit, you will be learning about R.

How will you learn in the context of this unit?

This unit is divided into multiple steps.

Step 1: install R and RStudio
Step 2: take a quick tour
Step 3: do some assignments

Step 1. Install R and RStudio

We would like you to install both R and RStudio.

If you are unfamiliar with R, we highly recommend this short introduction before getting started.

Then, install both R and RStudio on your laptop

For installing R, go to: https://cran.uni-muenster.de/
For installing RStudio, go to: https://www.rstudio.com/products/rstudio/download/) and install the free version of RStudio.

If installing R or RStudio does not work out for you, please contact the R Helpdesk.

Step 2. Take a quick tour

Once you have installed R and RStudio correctly, familiarize yourself with the RStudio environment and the basic arithmetic operators by doing this short exercise.

Step 3. Assignments

If you want to practice more with R, we have this assignment for you. In this assignment, you will work with the OECD dataset. You can check your answers and the script right away.

Next to that, there is an assignment available in which you can learn how to add data by hand.