https://www.rforecology.com/tag/basics/basicsWowchemy (https://wowchemy.com)en-us© HabitU Lab, LLC and R for Ecology 2026Thu, 23 Mar 2023 08:45:39 +0000https://www.rforecology.com/media/logo_hu79e4c31f2037bf5f26b941f1d8a66338_12106_300x300_fit_lanczos_2.pnghttps://www.rforecology.com/tag/basics/https://www.rforecology.com/post/top-five-ish-sources-of-ecological-data/Thu, 23 Mar 2023 08:45:39 +0000https://www.rforecology.com/post/top-five-ish-sources-of-ecological-data/In this post, I show you how to navigate some common ecological data portals and discuss when you might want to use one or another for accessing data that you can use for practice or your next research project.https://www.rforecology.com/post/scatterplots-in-r/Mon, 14 Nov 2022 09:30:50 -0400https://www.rforecology.com/post/scatterplots-in-r/This blog post I teach you the basics of creating and customizing scatterplots in Rhttps://www.rforecology.com/post/a-simple-introduction-to-ggplot2/Thu, 14 Apr 2022 09:20:07 -0400https://www.rforecology.com/post/a-simple-introduction-to-ggplot2/In this blog post, we deconstruct the anatomy of how to use ‘ggplot2’— a package that makes it intuitive to create consistently nice-looking figures in R.https://www.rforecology.com/post/data-structures-in-r/Wed, 23 Mar 2022 09:09:55 -0400https://www.rforecology.com/post/data-structures-in-r/In this tutorial, we’re introduce the structures that R provides to help you organize your data.https://www.rforecology.com/post/data-types-in-r/Wed, 16 Mar 2022 09:45:39 -0400https://www.rforecology.com/post/data-types-in-r/In this tutorial, I introduce you to several different types of data, explain how to use and manipulate each of them, and show you how to check what type of data you have.https://www.rforecology.com/post/the-basics-of-r-in-spanish/Wed, 19 Jan 2022 09:45:39 -0500https://www.rforecology.com/post/the-basics-of-r-in-spanish/My online course on the Basics of R (for ecologists) is soon to launch with a version completely recorded in Spanish.https://www.rforecology.com/post/making-your-first-plot-in-r/Wed, 05 Jan 2022 09:45:39 -0500https://www.rforecology.com/post/making-your-first-plot-in-r/In this tutorial, I teach you how to create a basic scatterplot using base R.https://www.rforecology.com/post/how-to-install-r-and-rstudio/Sat, 01 Jan 2022 05:28:39 -0500https://www.rforecology.com/post/how-to-install-r-and-rstudio/The first step to learning R is to have it downloaded on your computer! In this blog post, I introduce R and RStudio and show you how to download and install them.https://www.rforecology.com/post/where-to-ask-for-help-when-coding-in-r/Fri, 03 Dec 2021 09:08:00 -0600https://www.rforecology.com/post/where-to-ask-for-help-when-coding-in-r/In this blog post, I’m going to describe a few R forums that are particularly useful when you need specific help with your own project.https://www.rforecology.com/post/exporting-tables-from-r-to-microsoft-word/Tue, 23 Nov 2021 12:28:39 -0600https://www.rforecology.com/post/exporting-tables-from-r-to-microsoft-word/As scientists analyzing their data, we often have data or results in R that we want to export to a word processor for the reports or publications that we’re writing. In this tutorial I show you how to do just that!https://www.rforecology.com/post/video-tutorial-on-the-essentials-of-r-for-ecology-cheat-sheet/Fri, 10 Sep 2021 09:30:39 -0400https://www.rforecology.com/post/video-tutorial-on-the-essentials-of-r-for-ecology-cheat-sheet/Here I present a video tutorial and walkthrough (and code) that I created to go over my cheatsheet on the 80% most important functions in R (for ecology)https://www.rforecology.com/post/how-to-make-a-quality-scatterplot-in-r/Fri, 06 Aug 2021 00:00:00 +0000https://www.rforecology.com/post/how-to-make-a-quality-scatterplot-in-r/Scatterplots are one of the most common types of data visualizations you will encounter as a biologist. Here I go over how to make quality scatterplots that are ready for publication.https://www.rforecology.com/post/the-essential-functions-of-r-cheatsheet/Mon, 19 Jul 2021 00:00:00 +0000https://www.rforecology.com/post/the-essential-functions-of-r-cheatsheet/This cheat sheet covers all the essential functions that will allow you to do at least 80% of all operations you will ever have to do in R as an ecologist.