1 Overview

Welcome to module 1! The focus of this module is to get you acquainted with the concept of data wrangling, the R programming language, and to get you performing some foundational programming tasks with R.

1.1 Learning objectives

By the end of this module you should be able to:

• Understand how to install, open, and start using R with the RStudio IDE.
• Perform fundamental tasks in R such as assignment, evaluation, using R as a calculator, and installing packages.
• Create and manipulate vectors, which is the fundamental data structure in R, along with understanding the idea of vectorization.

1.2 Estimated time requirement

The estimated time to go through the module lessons is about:

• Reading only: 3 hours
• Reading + videos: 4 hours

1.3 Tasks

• Work through the 3 module lessons.
• Upon finishing each lesson take the associated lesson quizzes on Canvas. Be sure to complete the lesson quiz no later than the due date listed on Canvas.
• Check Canvas for this week’s lab, lab quiz due date, and any additional content (i.e. in-class material)