R Studio Download

1. Go to https://www.rstudio.com/products/rstudio/download/

2. Download RStudio Desktop. There are several paid options, but the free version will be enough to explore modeling during the conference. Scroll down to the bottom of the chart and click the green Download button.

3. 2. Choose the link for your operating system. For most users, it will be one of the top two options. You can customize your download location, or leave the default settings. The download could take several minutes.

4. 3. Open R Studio, either from the downloads default folder or from your unique location.

5. 4. Follow the set-up wizard. By default, your files will save in the C drive in a PC and in a Mac, and you have the option add shortcut icons to an existing folder or create a new one.

7. After the installation is complete, you can access R Studio from the location where you saved it.

Getting started in R Studio

To open R Studio in a PC if installed using all default settings

1. Go to “This PC”

2. Select “Windows (C:)”

3. Select “Program Files”

4. Select “Rstudio” (Note, there is no space so there may be files between R and Rstudio in your list)

5. Select “bin” (which is short for binary)

6. Scroll down and select the round blue R Studio icon

To open R Studio on a Mac using default settings

1. Select “Applications” folder

2. Select “R Studio” folder

3. Select R Studio logo

R Studio looks like this when it opens:

Installing Packages in R Studio:

For the meeting, you will need to install a few extras into the default software package.

To install these packages, just type the following command into the R Studio console (where the cursor is flashing, see above):

install.packages (c("shiny","knitr","Matrix","deSolve","epiModel","ggplot2"))

Or, click Tools and Select “Install Packages” and type in the package names. The packages will be automatically downloaded, but if you have any problems, there will be people on hand at the meeting to help you.