The goal of rintro is to provide links and content for an introduction to R course.
The course was first run in 2021 as a 3 hour session with the following structure:
To take this course you must have recent versions of R and RStudio installed.
See here for instructions on how to install R on your computer: https://itsleeds.github.io/rrsrr/introduction.html#installing-r-and-rstudio
Part 1: what R can do 1 hr
- Prerequisites: recap on what you need to use R for transport research (10 minutes)
- Demo of using R for transport research to show what’s possible (20 minutes)
- Questions on how to use R for transport research (20 minutes)
- 10 minute break and time to set-up R
Part 2: shared practical session (30 minutes)
- Working all together on R basics: https://itsleeds.github.io/rrsrr/basics.html (15 minutes)
- Working all together on using RStudio: https://itsleeds.github.io/rrsrr/rstudio.html (10 minutes)
- Break and questions (5 minutes)
Part 3: breakout rooms (1 hr 20 minutes)
- Using packages: https://itsleeds.github.io/rrsrr/pkgs.html around half an hour
- Manipulating data: filtering and selecting data: https://itsleeds.github.io/rrsrr/data.html#tibbles around half an hour
- (Optional) spatial data: https://itsleeds.github.io/rrsrr/space.html
Part 4: debrief (10 minutes)
- Additional resources
- How to get help