Thread by @WeAreRLadies

The great thing about #rstats is that there are so many open source learning resources, it is tough to know where to start. Sometimes resources designed by beginners (or people who have just learned the thing you are trying to learn) are best. 1/n

Why? People who have only just learned something don’t yet suffer from the curse of knowledge. They still know what it feels like to be totally overwhelmed and make fewer assumptions about what you might already know. 2/n

Last year @djnavarro @williamslisaphd and I put together a set of online modules for #rstats beginners called #RYouWithMe. It starts with Basic Basics. This module gives you an tour of RStudio, shows you how to find your way around and get data into R. tinyurl.com/ruwm-basics 3/n

Real data are never clean. With this in mind, the second module walks through all kinds of useful wrangling functions. You will learn how to rename, select and filter, and make new variables using mutate functions. Even gather and spread are in there!
tinyurl.com/ruwm-clean 4/n

VizW(h)iz is our ggplot module. The naming of this one was controversial. Whether you want to be a Viz Wizard or a Viz Whiz, this one will have you plotting both raw data and data summaries in no time.
tinyurl.com/ruwm-viz 5/n

And then MarkyMark, our RMarkdown module. Learn how to embed notes and code and output into pretty documents that you can share with your collaborators. tinyurl.com/ruwm-marky 6/n

Anyway enough self promotion… my go to #rstats ed resource is the new Rstudio Education site education.rstudio.com It’s full of great tips for learners and teachers, beginners and beyond.

Thanks to @apreshill for leading the charge on the RSutdio Ed site - like everything she touches, it is awesome.

What are you favourite resources for beginners? 8/8