Here are the steps to get started with R Markdown:
- Install R Markdown. R Markdown is a package that can be installed from CRAN.
- Open RStudio. RStudio is an integrated development environment (IDE) for R that makes it easy to create and work with R Markdown documents.
- Create a new R Markdown document. To do this, click on the "File" menu and select "New File". Then, select "R Markdown" from the list of file types.
- Give your R Markdown document a name and select the output format. The default output format is HTML, but you can also choose to create PDF, Word, or other types of documents.
- Write your R Markdown document. R Markdown documents are written in a combination of Markdown and R code. Markdown is a lightweight markup language that can be used to create formatted text. R code is the language used to program in R.
- Knit your R Markdown document. To create the output document, click on the "Knit" button. RStudio will compile your R Markdown document and create the output document.
