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 .qmd file: 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 .qmd file

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

Registration form