2  Data & Setup

Data

The data used in these materials is provided as a zip file. Download and unzip the folder to your Desktop to follow along with the materials.

These files contain synthetic datasets that have been created specifically for the course.

Setup

R and RStudio

Windows

Download and install all these using default options:

• R
• RTools
• RStudio

Mac OS

Download and install all these using default options:

• R
• RStudio

Linux

• Go to the R installation folder and look at the instructions for your distribution.
• Download the RStudio installer for your distribution and install it using your package manager.

Packages

The course materials require the tidyverse package.

You can download and activate the package using the following commands:

install.packages("tidyverse")

library(tidyverse)