Introduction to R: Getting Started

This is lesson 1 of a 30-part introduction to the R programming language for data analysis and predictive modeling. Link to the code notebooks below:

This guide does not assume any prior exposure to R, programming or data science. It is intended for beginners with an interest in data science and those who might know other programming languages and would like to learn R.

I will create the videos for this guide such that you should be able to learn a lot just watching on YouTube, but to get the most out of the guide, it is recommended that you create a Kaggle account so that you can fork and edit each lesson so that you can follow along and run code yourself.

Text Excerpt From Lesson 1:

R is an open source programming language that is popular for statistics and data analysis. R was built by statisticians, so many common statistical operations are built into the base language. R also features powerful and intuitive libraries for plotting and a variety of packages for predictive modeling, making it one of the most popular languages for data science. Essentially every programming kernel you'll find on Kaggle is written in either R or Python.

If you're wondering whether you should start your data science journey by learning R or Python, there's no correct answer. Both languages are used extensively in data science and it a good idea to learn the basics of both. R is great for data exploration, statistics and plotting, as most of the functions you need are built into the language or a part of one or two major packages that are easy to load. This makes it particularly easy to get started doing interesting things with data using R.

Introduction to R Playlist:

[DataDaft]

Welcome to Introduction to R Part 1 of 30. This lesson is an orientation and tutorial on the Kaggle notebook environment. Next time we'll start doing some basic math with R! 😀

[carolwrezende]

ive been studying R and python on datacamp and udemy and your videos are very helpful. thanks!!! =)

[gabrielaquiros]

Gracias por estos videos me están ayudando mucho, Saludos!

[BlendlogicTech]

Cool stuff Greg -- here from 6501 Slack :P

[poolboy]

Has there been a big update to Kaggle since you did these? My UI is dramatically difficult and I can't seem to follow along.

[larougedee]

Try to go straight to the point, it gets interesting when U have talked half the time away befor the actual titori6