Episode 3: Basic Interaction With R
Posted on Sunday, Mar 11, 2012 | Category: Podcast
In this episode: New versions of R and ggplot2 available, listener feedback, and an interactive session with R. The R code discussed in this episode will be available in our GitHub repository, see the show notes for details. There will be a companion screencast to accompany this episode which will be posted shortly. As always, please provide your feedback via email or audio comment to theRcast[at]gmail.com or leave us a voicemail at 1-269-849-9780.
Show Notes
- R version 2.14.2 release notes: https://stat.ethz.ch/pipermail/r-announce/2012/000550.html
- New features in ggplot2 0.90: http://blog.revolutionanalytics.com/2012/03/new-data-visualization-features-in-ggplot2-update.html
- Tip on starting R GUI on Linux:
R --gui tk - R script used in this episode: https://github.com/thercast/basic-interaction-with-R/blob/master/basic-session-code.R
- Theme music provided by WillRock from the Return All Robots Remix Album at ocremix.org
- The Closing theme is entitled Crysis Crystal and provided by K-wix from the Mega Man 9: Back in Blue album at ocremix.org
Episode 3 Time Stamps
00:00 The R-Podcast #003 Getting Ready to Use R
00:31 Introduction
01:17 New versions of R and ggplot2
03:17 Code on GitHub Repository
05:36 Screencast information
08:09 Listener Feedback
16:18 Basic Interaction with R
16:40 The R Console
19:51 Example R script file
55:20 Wrapping up: subscribe to the podcast, theRcast@gmail.com, + 1-269-849-9780
61:11 End
Hosts
Eric Nantz
Eric Nantz is a principal research scientist at a large life sciences company, creating innovative analytical pipelines and capabilities supporting study designs and analyses. Outside of his day job, Eric is passionate about connecting with the R community as the creator/host of the R-Podcast, Shiny Developer Series, and a curator / podcast host for the R Weekly project. Plus, he likes to share his adventures with R and general computing on Twitch livestreams at twitch.tv/rpodcast.