Part I: The Basics

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The first part of this book introduces R as a language to you. It focuses on the fundamental concepts needed to follow through the other parts of the books. If R is your first programming language or are unfamiliar with the R Syntax, this chapter will be a gentle introduction to R, else you can skip to Part II.

Chapter 1  R, RStudio, and Posit Cloud introduces R, RStudio IDE, Posit Cloud, and the Positron IDE in . After that, the syntax and some common operations are introduced in Chapter 2  Operators in R. The goal here is to get you familiar with R as fast as possible. Next is the data types in Chapter 3  Data Types in R and this is one of the key building block in any programming language. Chapter 4  Functions gets you acquainted to performing some operation on the different data-types, and Chapter 5  Data Structure shows how the different data types can be organized for data analysis. This continues with Chapter 6  Control Structure, which introduces you to conditionals and loops which provides tools to control our output based on criteria which we set. To round up Part I, we aggregate the knowledge of this part and get a guide on how to initiate a project in Chapter 8  Workflow in R: Best Practices for Efficient R Programming.

Each chapter builds upon previous concepts, ensuring a solid foundation for more advanced topics in later parts of the book. The progression is designed to get you comfortable with R as quickly as possible while ensuring you understand the underlying concepts that are crucial for effective data analysis.