R and RStudio video tutorials

There are many online tutorials for data analysis in R and RStudio. These videos are intended to be a quick and simple introduction to some basic skills. The videos are hosted on YouTube.

Organising data

• Exporting data from Excel in CSV format [3 mins]
• Exporting data from Googlesheets in CSV format [1 min]

Introduction to R and RStudio

• A brief introduction to RStudio [2 mins]
• Starting to write an R script [1 min]
• Using RStudio to install an R package [1 min]
• Using RStudio to set the working directory [2 mins]
• Using RStudio to send commands into the R console [2 mins]
• Using RStudio to insert sections into an R script [3 mins]

Importing data into R

• Viewing text files before data import into R [4 mins]
• Overview of common data text file formats [3 mins]
• Importing a CSV file into R [5 mins]
• Importing CSV file using RStudio's GUI [3 mins 13 secs]

Visualising Data in R

• The basic anatomy of a ggplot2 command [3 mins]
• Developing a ggplot2 visualisation [7 mins]
• Saving R graphics to a file using RStudio [3 mins]

Data Analysis with R

• Estimating effect sizes from a fitted model in R [2 mins 47 secs]
• Estimating effect sizes using the emmeans package in R [3 mins 56 secs]
• Post-hoc testing in R using the emmeans package [5 mins]

A sample of tutorials demonstrating data analysis in R

Getting Started

• Getting started with R
• Using R
• Importing data into R
• Organising data with R
• Manipulating data in arrays and data frames
• Visualising data with R
• Examples of quantile-quantile plots
• Interactive plots

Starting Data Analysis

• Distributions
• Sampling
• Statistical modelling of data
• Describing a model with an R formula

Data files

Here is an overview of the datasets used in the above tutorials

To install R

The homepage for downloading the latest R software is http://cran.r-project.org/.

Below we provide shortcuts directly to the installer files for Windows, Mac and Linux operating systems. If the downloads are slow you can select your nearest mirror site from this list

R for Windows

The installer for the latest version of R for Windows can be downloaded from http://cran.r-project.org/bin/windows/base/. The latest version will runon Windows XP and later (including 64-bit versions of Windows).

R for Mac

The installer package for the latest version of R for Macs can be downloaded from http://cran.r-project.org/bin/macosx/.

R for Linux

To install on a Linux machine go to http://cran.r-project.org/bin/linux/ and select your distribution of linux from the list. Installation instructions for each Linux ditribution can be found in a README file.

To install RStudio

Rstudio is a user interface for R that has a free open source version available for Windows, Mac and Linux operating systems.

To install RStudio go to https://posit.co/download/rstudio-desktop and select the installer for your operating system under the "Installers for Supported Platforms" section. To complete the installation, save and open the installer and follow the installer's instructions.