Video Tutorials for Getting Started with R, R Companion to Political Analysis

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This page features video tutorials and resources to help you do political analysis with R. We created this page, and related pages, to supplement our R Companion to Political Analysis. Where possible, we leverage existing videos, but have created a number of custom online code demonstrations for our textbook.

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WATCH & LEARN: Getting Started with R


Setting a Working Directory
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WATCH & LEARN: Getting Started with R


Setting a Working Directory
From David Caughlin (11:51)


Gentle Introduction to R
From David Caughlin (33:48)

WATCH & LEARN: Getting Started with R


Setting a Working Directory
From David Caughlin (11:51)

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R Commander
A graphical user interface for the R program.

R Functions and Packages for Political Science Analysis
Great tutorials on useful functions and packages.

Data Analytics
From Mark Gardener, resources for data analysis and especially in the use of R

Quantitative Research Methods for Political Science, Public Policy and Public Administration
Web site for book, based on R, by Jenkins-Smith et al.

Swirl Stats
Teaches you R programming and data science interactively, at your own pace, and right in the R console

Additional Resources

R Commander
A graphical user interface for the R program.

R Functions and Packages for Political Science Analysis
Great tutorials on useful functions and packages.

Data Analytics
From Mark Gardener, resources for data analysis and especially in the use of R

Additional Resources

R Commander
A graphical user interface for the R program.