introduction.Rmd

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title: An Introduction to R
author: Filip Schouwenaars, DataCamp
output: ioslides_presentation
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## About the Workshop

- Intro to R
- Try R on DataCamp
- Case Study 1: Data exploration
- Case Study 2: Machine learning
- You can follow along
- Questions? Yes please!

## R

- New Zealand, 90s
- Open source
- Command-Line > Point and click
- Share code through R scripts and packages
- Great for Visualization
- Has to fit in the main memory

## Get Started!

- Install R: https://cran.rstudio.com/
- Install RStudio, an IDE: https://www.rstudio.com/
- Download files and unzip
  - Bitly link: **http://bit.ly/2pptf40**
  - Github: **github.com/filipsch/workshop**