Research Tools for the 21st Century
A brief introduction to R and Quarto.
Outline
- A case for reproducible research and dynamic documents
- Installing R, RStudio, and Quarto
- Basic operations with R
- The R packages ecosystem
- From
{RMarkdown}to Quarto - The structure of a
.qmdfile: the YAML section, text, and code chunks - The Markdown syntax for formatting text
- Basic mathematics syntax with LaTeX
- Producing HTML and PDF outputs from a
.qmdfile
Learning goals
In this workshop you are expected to learn:
- The main problems of a non-reproducible workflow in scientific production
- A brief history of R
- How to format text with Markdown
- How to typeset basic mathematics with LaTeX
- How to create numbered environments for figures and tables with Quarto
- How to make citations and cross-references with Quarto
- How to include chunks of R code and in-line code for producing dynamic documents
Please be aware that you will not learn:
- How to handle datasets with R (namely with the package
{dplyr}) - How to produce beautiful plots with R (namely with the package
{ggplot2}) - How to author impressive presentations with Quarto and Reveal.JS
- How to make websites with Quarto
Schedule and venue
Tuesday, October 4
14h00–17h00
Room C201