1 Setting up RStudio @ Penn State

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This page provides help starting and using RStudio from a Penn State computer lab machine. For instructions on how to install this free progam on your own personal computer, see the accompanying tutorial.

1.1 What is RStudio?

RStudio is an integrated development environment (IDE) for doing data science. An IDE is a computer program that provides tools for people who are developing and testing software. You might not think of yourself as a software developer (yet). But RStudio is a powerful tool for beginners, too. It began life as a tool primarily for users writing code in R, hence the name. RStudio supports multiple programming languages, including R and Python.