Introduction to R

Welcome to the Introduction to R ! This tutorial is a modified version of class materials from the POL 51 class at UC Davis. Special thanks to Dr. Juan Tellez, Dr. Rachel Bernhard, and Lily Huang.

Tutorial Overview

This tutorial provides a basic understanding of R, covering installation, basic syntax, data manipulation, visualization, and introductory statistical modeling.

Learning Objectives

• Install and set up R and RStudio.
• Understand R syntax and basic operations.
• Perform data wrangling and summarizing using tidyverse.
• Create visualizations using ggplot.
• [Coming up next] Conduct basic statistical analyses, including correlation and regression analysis.

Last updated: April 17, 2025, by RyuGyung Park.