PSYC-560 R and R Studio Setup

Instructions for the installation and setup of R and R Studio for PSYC 560 Exploratory Data Analysis and Visualization in the MS Clinical Psychology Program, California Lutheran University, Thousand Oaks, CA.

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1. Instructor: Jamie Bedics, PhD, ABPP 1 R AND R STUDIO SETUP
3. 3 Click on your system 1. GO TO: HTTPS://CRAN.R-PROJECT.ORG/
4. 4 Mac with silicon chip or intel is below. 2a. Mac
5. 5 2b. Windows Click here Then Click here
7. 7 1. Go to: https://posit.co/downloads/ Find and click ‘Download”
8. 8 Download If you have a windows machine it will say windows
9. 9 These are the two icons you’ll have on your desktop • This icon is for “R”. • It’s the actual R software that runs our statistics and data analysis • We rarely, if ever, use it except to update. • This icon is for “R Studio”. • We run R through R Studio. • R Studio is a user interface that runs R and adds a variety of additional functions that make it very powerful We always use R Studio. You need both R and R Studio and we update both separately.
10. 10 ::Settings These are all personal preferences and minor tweaks
11. 11 GLOBAL OPTIONS Your R Studio will not look like this when you fi rst open it up
12. 12 Copy these boxes Don’t forget to hit “apply” Select “Never”
13. 13 Don’t forget to hit “apply”
14. 14 Pick your preference I like dark background with color font and use “cobalt” Don’t forget to hit “apply”
15. 15 Again, this is personal preference. I ask you to put them in this order so when I look at your screen it’s easy for me to follow Don’t forget to hit “apply”