Interactive Visualization
for
Exploratory Data Analysis
for
Exploratory Data Analysis
Installing RStudio
RStudio
While other GUIs exist for R, we will be using RStudio. It provides one of the most complete integrated development environments (IDEs) presently available for R.
Note: you must be using the RStudio desktop version; not the RStudio server. This is because:
- interactive data visualization requires many different and integrated windows to be opened at once.
RStudioserver, whose graphics must be realized and delivered within theRStudiobrowser, is not able to deliver the necessary graphics.
The RStudio desktop IDE can be downloaded from https://rstudio.com/products/rstudio/download/ and updated without disruption to the underlying R.
The loon software we use can also be used simply with R from the command line and X windows, though we will use RStudio. If, for example, you are expert in ESS (“Emacs Speaks Statistics”) feel free to use that for the course; it should be alright (might have RStudio as a back up then).