Option 1: Download all the data at once.
Create a new RStudio project for this course (call it intro2r if your imagination fails you!). If you’re not sure how to create a new Project then see Section 1.6 of our Introduction to R book or watch this short video.
Once you’re working in your RStudio project create a new
directory in your Project directory called data (all
lowercase). You can easily create this new directory by clicking on the
‘New Folder’ button in the ‘Files’ tab in RStudio (see Section 1.8 of our
Introduction to R book for a set-by-step guide how to do this).
Download and extract this zip file (0.02 Mb) with all the data for the entire workshop. This may include additional datasets that we won’t use. You will need to uncompress this zip file using your favourite software (most operating systems now have at least one built-in (un)compression tool).
Option 2: Download individual datasets as needed.
Create a new RStudio project for this course (call it intro2r if your imagination fails you!). If you’re not sure how to create a new Project then see Section 1.6 of our Introduction to R book or watch this short video.
Once you’re working in your RStudio project create a new
directory in your Project directory called data (all
lowercase). You can easily create this new directory by clicking on the
‘New Folder’ button in the ‘Files’ tab in RStudio (see Section 1.8 of our
Introduction to R book for a set-by-step guide how to do this).
Download individual data files as needed, saving them to the new
intro2r/data folder you just made. Right click on the data
file link below and select Save link as… (or similar) to save
to the desired location.