Getting started with R Markdown in RStudio

Let's recapitulate, that R Markdown uses various technologies and is seamlessly embedded in RStudio.

Creating your first R Markdown document

To create an R Markdown document, perform the following steps:

  1. First, click on the new file icon in RStudio and select R Markdown....
    Creating your first R Markdown document
  2. This will open a new popup window where you can adjust a variety of settings.
    Creating your first R Markdown document
  3. For our first document, we will leave all these settings as they are. You may change the Title and the Author name.
  4. After hitting the OK button, RStudio will automatically ...

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