learning to code in R in 3 hours

R is an open source programming language designed for statistical computing. Here's my efforts at learning the basics (I have an exam in R this April sooo better get going!).

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FAQ:
How old are you? I'm 22.
What's your job? I work as a Risk Analyst in Insurance Consulting, and am studying to become a qualified actuary.
What did you do at university? I studied Physical Natural Sciences at the University of Cambridge, and specialised in Astrophysics.

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Intro credit: @Manique Here

[parmenideskim]

I learned R when I was 48 years old. At that time I hated typing command lines and could not understand why R was not made like SPSS. However, now I am enjoying analyzing data for myself using R.

[platinumreyrey]

Paige : "Argh exams in April, gotta start right away!!"
Me : "Oh exam is tomorrow? I'll start at night. Or tomorrow morning. Or 1 hour before exam, whatever."

[matthewwright]

Let's face it, my Friday afternoon is always good with a PaigeY video.

[sharanyamitra]

I am going to have exams really soon and the only thing which motivates me is PAIGEY❤️❤️ ❤️ . Wish me luck 😃

[lithiumsorrows]

Some advice for learning to code from a final year CS student- try and break down the problem into lots of baby steps .

Sometimes people get stuck and aren't sure how to solve a problem cause it just seems big. The thing that always helps me is getting a pen and paper out and just explaining myself through the steps that need to happen.

Also, don't feel bad if your code doesn't run the first time you compile it. It happens to us all.

[JSJSJS]

I loooove making plots with R/ggplot. It was my favorite part of my master thesis 😂
Seeing this video makes me nostalgic 🥲

[annikaa.]

I had to know R for 3 different lectures during my business bachelor's. The whole time I thought "why the hell am I doing this, nobody uses this program" but it seems like others are actually using it as well! Finally understanding why my professors forced us to understand the program 😂

[merry]

The real win: I watched PaigeY learn R in 3 hours in 11:21 minutes

[kookilenakkk]

9:46 this literally made my day haha "oh my god your plant just died" 😂😂😂

[Ana-nlbo]

Two minutes ago?! This is awesome, great company for doing my work. Greetings from México, Paige!

[martha]

Thanks Paige! Your videos really motivate me to be produtive during this time, hope you're keeping well during Lockdown!

[rizamaesagayaga]

Your sister's reaction she saw her plants 😂😂

[AlbertCheng]

Friday afternoon, a PaigeY video. Nothin' better!

[williamjesusguardado]

I work at one of the large banks in Australia which creates the wholesale models as a Quantitative Analyst, and a lot more in R. Anyone can learn R but it is difficult to say when you can consider yourself an expert, I use it there and in my research. I have been using it since 2014 and thought I was pretty good at it until we had to start using R6 or RCPP and be less reliant on packages and use as much as possible base R for regulatory use and transparency. I have a heavy education in Mathematics & Statistics, bachelors and masters and now a research degree, so I use both R and Python if I need to.

[beatlesnerd]

R is wonderful, I use it in my classes and for my research work as well :)

[solarpunkalana]

I studied R for 3 months and I still hate it lol, the bane of a biologist’s existence

[SenecaBrynn]

This is such perfect timing as I just started taking an R course as well! Definitely lots to learn 😅

[ferngross]

"The stress levels of these plants" XD








I'm trying to fit in with using XD.

[llleiea]

if you want to change the axis limits you can use xlim=c(start, end) or ylim=c(start, end) just inside of the plot function. If you want to make it a bit more automated you could use some things like ylim=c(min(y)-const, max(y)+const)

[liloruf]

If someone wants to learn how to code, please check out w3s, they are great for the basics and more!