Summary

The purpose of this appendix was to allow R novices to learn the basics of the programming language and prepare them for the code in the book. This consisted of learning how to install R and RStudio and creating objects, vectors, and matrices. Then, we explored some of the mathematical and statistical functions. We covered how to install and load a package in R using RStudio. Finally, we explored the power of dplyr to efficiently manipulate and summarize data. Throughout the appendix, the plot syntax for the base and examples are included. While this appendix will not make you an expert in R, it will get you up to speed to follow along with the examples in the book.