Introduction to R for Social Researchers

One of the most popular software tools for data management and analysis is the open source package R, which is often used with the Rstudio interface. These are extremely powerful and are able to handle most types of data and analyses used in social research.

In this course you will learn the basics of R and Rstudio. We will cover the main types of objects in R and how to select cases and variables. We will also discuss how to import and export data and how to describe the data using tables and summary analyses. Through the practical exercises you will get accustomed to running functions in R and using the syntax.

IMPORTANT: participants will need to have a working knowledge of quantitative data.

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