3 Basics on data manipulation in R

Figure 3.1: R console

You should think of R as an advance scientific calculator like the ones you used in high school. Basically, there is a set of basic functions already installed in R, which you can use with your data.

You can also install packages, which gives you access to additional functions.

Use Google to find what packages may have the functions you need. Say you want to do a genotypic analysis. Simply Google “R packages to do genotypic analysis”. If you want to do animations, search “how to do an animation in R”.