README.md

How to Install R Studio

Installation Steps it is very important to install it in order, first R, then R Studio:

1. Install R from the download link. You can pick which one to choose, for example I chose the Duke Mirror https://archive.linux.duke.edu/cran/
2. Install R Studio (free desktop version) AFTER you installed R, from the link https://www.rstudio.com/products/rstudio/download/. You will only use R Studio but need to have both on your computer.

How to use R Studio

Installing Packages

1. Open R Studio from applications folder
   

2. Create a new project
   

3. Click on “File/New File/R script”:
   

4. Commands in R Studio can be written directly into the console area (bottom left), or in the script. To run a completed command press Control + Enter.

5. Install packages by typing the code in the script and run the code

install.packages("tidyverse") #data wrangling
install.packages("tidyr") #data wrangling
install.packages("tidytext") #text analysis
install.packages("dplyr") #data wrangling
install.packages("tm") #topic modeling
install.packages("topicmodels") #topic modeling
install.packages("quanteda") #text analysis
install.packages("lubridate") #dates
install.packages("ggplot2") #visualizations
install.packages("ggthemes") #visualizations
install.packages("scales") #visualizations
install.packages("wesanderson") #visualizations

4. Load installed packages into library

library(tidyverse)
library(tidytext)
library(tidyr)
library(dplyr)
library(tm)
library(topicmodels)
library(quanteda)
library(lubridate)
library(ggplot2)
library(ggthemes)
library(scales)
library(wesanderson)

6. For help type ? followed by the command and run. For shortcuts in R Studio, please see the following document

?merge

7. Now you are ready to work in R Studio!