Software

You will need access to R and RStudio Desktop to participate in the practicals. R is the programming language, whereas RStudio Desktop is an editor we’ll use during the course.

You have two options:

1. Create a free account at https://posit.cloud, an online version of RStudio.

2. Install R and RStudio locally on your computer. See the links on this page. Note that you need to install both R and RStudio.

Once you’ve installed R and RStudio, install the tidyverse package by typing:

install.packages("tidyverse")

Please note:

• You should use a recent version of R (e.g., 4.5.0 or higher). You can check which version you have installed by running sessionInfo() at the command prompt.

• The online option is sufficient for this course. However, if you’d like to practise outside the course or run your own analyses, we recommend installing R locally.

Important

Please ensure you can access to a working R environment before the course starts. This could be the online option above or a local installation.