R for Research

Welcome

Welcome to R for Research, a book written to give you a strong introduction to R programming language and its uses in research workflow. The primary goal of R for Research is to provide a clear and practical guide to using R for your entire research workflow. While R is practically seen as a programming language for statistical computing, it should be noted that since the development of R Markdown (Yihui Xie, 2012), R use have extended beyond statistical analysis. Using R Markdown package within RStudio IDE, you can have a word-processor and statistical analysis tool.

This book will be under development for a while; expected completion should be around early 2026. Do not be surprised if a lot of the chapters do not cohere. You are welcome to provide suggestions and give corrections through github issues. If you find anything that could improve the work and would also like to collaborate do not hesitate to reach me via email.