Week 02: R fundamentals and the tidyverse

Published

August 26, 2026

Overview

Getting comfortable with R, RStudio, and the tidyverse ecosystem.

Readings

Wickham, Cetinkaya-Rundel, and Grolemund, R for Data Science Chapters 1–4

  • R and RStudio orientation
  • Data types, vectors, and data frames
  • Introduction to dplyr: filter, select, mutate, summarize
  • Pipes and workflow

Slides

Slides will be posted before class.

Additional Resources

Additional resources and code examples will be added as the semester progresses.

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