https://www.rforecology.com/tag/how-to/How toWowchemy (https://wowchemy.com)en-us© HabitU Lab, LLC and R for Ecology 2026Mon, 14 Nov 2022 09:30:50 -0400https://www.rforecology.com/media/logo_hu79e4c31f2037bf5f26b941f1d8a66338_12106_300x300_fit_lanczos_2.pnghttps://www.rforecology.com/tag/how-to/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/free-workshop-on-how-to-learn-r/Thu, 12 May 2022 09:30:50 -0400https://www.rforecology.com/post/free-workshop-on-how-to-learn-r/Learn about the four challenges when learning R and the key strategies for how to overcome those challenges so that nothing can stop you from mastering Rhttps://www.rforecology.com/post/exporting-plots-in-r/Thu, 05 May 2022 09:30:50 -0400https://www.rforecology.com/post/exporting-plots-in-r/In this tutorial, I go over the basics of how to prototype, save, and export your plots from R.https://www.rforecology.com/post/reshaping-data-in-r/Thu, 28 Apr 2022 09:30:50 -0400https://www.rforecology.com/post/reshaping-data-in-r/In this blog post, I show you how to reshape data (i.e. how to use pivot tables) so that the data are in the correct form for data analysis in R.https://www.rforecology.com/post/how-to-create-your-own-function-in-r/Thu, 21 Apr 2022 11:46:53 -0400https://www.rforecology.com/post/how-to-create-your-own-function-in-r/In this tutorial, I&rsquo;m going to explain how to create your own functions and provide a few examples.https://www.rforecology.com/post/2022-04-06-how-to-make-a-boxplot-in-r/Wed, 06 Apr 2022 11:46:53 -0400https://www.rforecology.com/post/2022-04-06-how-to-make-a-boxplot-in-r/In this tutorial I show you everything you need to know about boxplots and how to make them look nice using the built-in functions in Rhttps://www.rforecology.com/post/how-to-use-grepl/Tue, 29 Mar 2022 09:09:55 -0400https://www.rforecology.com/post/how-to-use-grepl/Here I describe the functions called <code>grep()</code>, <code>grepl()</code>, and <code>sub()</code>, which allow you to find strings in your data that match particular patterns.https://www.rforecology.com/post/how-to-use-apply-functions/Tue, 08 Mar 2022 09:45:39 -0500https://www.rforecology.com/post/how-to-use-apply-functions/Here I show you a useful family of functions that allows you to repetitively perform a specified function (e.g., sum, mean) across a vector, matrix, or data frame.https://www.rforecology.com/post/how-to-use-pipes/Wed, 02 Mar 2022 02:45:39 -0500https://www.rforecology.com/post/how-to-use-pipes/In this tutorial, I&rsquo;m going to give an explanation of what pipes are and when they can be used, and then I&rsquo;m going to demonstrate how useful they can be for writing neat and clear R code.https://www.rforecology.com/post/how-to-use-the-group-by-function/Wed, 23 Feb 2022 08:45:39 -0500https://www.rforecology.com/post/how-to-use-the-group-by-function/In this tutorial, I discuss how to use a handy function called group_by() for organizing and preparing your data for analysis and visualization.https://www.rforecology.com/post/how-to-use-rmarkdown-part-two/Tue, 15 Feb 2022 10:45:39 +0000https://www.rforecology.com/post/how-to-use-rmarkdown-part-two/In part two of my series on R Markdown, I&rsquo;ll go over how to use R Markdown for learning R by documenting your journey into your own guide to R.https://www.rforecology.com/post/how-to-use-rmarkdown-part-one/Wed, 09 Feb 2022 10:45:39 -0500https://www.rforecology.com/post/how-to-use-rmarkdown-part-one/R Markdown is a powerful method for creating reports that combine formatted text with R code. This can help you with accountability, data analysis reproducibility, for making tutorials (like this one), and also for learning R! In part one of this two-part series, you&rsquo;ll learn how to create basic R Markdown documents with all the essential content.https://www.rforecology.com/post/introduction-to-missing-data-in-r/Tue, 01 Feb 2022 09:45:39 -0500https://www.rforecology.com/post/introduction-to-missing-data-in-r/In this tutorial, I&rsquo;m going to explain what exactly an NA value is, how you can find NAs in your data, and how to remove them.https://www.rforecology.com/post/how-to-join-tables-in-r/Wed, 26 Jan 2022 11:45:39 -0500https://www.rforecology.com/post/how-to-join-tables-in-r/In this tutorial, I show you how to combine tables (data frames) together using both base R and the <code>dplyr</code> package.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/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/intro-to-evolutionary-algorithms-with-r-for-beginners-from-scratch-part-1/Fri, 27 Aug 2021 00:00:00 +0000https://www.rforecology.com/post/intro-to-evolutionary-algorithms-with-r-for-beginners-from-scratch-part-1/Here I describe how evolutionary algorithms work by going through an example of fitting a basic linear model.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/how-to-do-simple-linear-regression-in-r/Fri, 09 Jul 2021 00:00:00 +0000https://www.rforecology.com/post/how-to-do-simple-linear-regression-in-r/I show you how to do a simple linear regression in R that models the relationship between two numeric variableshttps://www.rforecology.com/post/organizing-your-r-studio-projects/Mon, 05 Jul 2021 00:00:00 +0000https://www.rforecology.com/post/organizing-your-r-studio-projects/In this post I go over a basic method method for organizing your ecological data analysis projects in R.