https://www.rforecology.com/tag/learning/learningWowchemy (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/learning/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/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/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/data-structures-in-r/Wed, 23 Mar 2022 09:09:55 -0400https://www.rforecology.com/post/data-structures-in-r/In this tutorial, we&rsquo;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/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-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/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&rsquo;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/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/five-fun-things-you-can-do-with-r/Mon, 16 Aug 2021 00:00:00 +0000https://www.rforecology.com/post/five-fun-things-you-can-do-with-r/Here is the first installment of a series of posts on fun things that you can use R to do: from analyzing your google search history, to making Holiday cards and twitter bots. Enjoy!