Demystifying R: A Guided Tour

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1. Introduction to demystifying R: A Guided Tour - 00:02
2. Introduction to the speakers and their experience with R - 02:41
3. R can be challenging to work with directly, but RStudio makes it much easier - 07:13
4. Understanding the additional features provided by RStudio compared to just R - 09:29
5. R allows for quick data analysis using a series of steps - 14:08
6. R code is user-friendly and written in English for easier recall - 16:19
7. Creating an interactive map and analyzing data using R - 20:20
8. Automating repetitive manual work with our markdown that combines text and code - 22:28
9. Gender recoding and customization using the gender coder package - 26:45
10. Using small multiples in R to efficiently visualize housing data - 28:49
11. Creating dynamic summaries of survey responses - 33:03
12. Utilizing R for interactive mapping and parameterized reporting - 35:21
13. Challenges faced by a journalist learning R - 40:02
14. Learning R has no age limit - 41:55
15. R provides efficiency and growth over time - 45:26
16. Focus on learning the core packages of the tidyverse for most R programming tasks - 47:19
17. Introduction to working with R Markdown for coding in a more organized way - 51:11
18. R helps in data visualization and analysis - 53:15