Editing Communication and Social Networks (Spring 2021)/R Lab 1

This lab has three goals:

# Get your R environment is set up correctly
# Introduce you to the idea of R Markdown files
# Create your first network graph

You should have R and R Studio installed by now. In practical terms, that means there should be an RStudio icon somewhere on you computer. If you open RStudio, it should look something like this:

[[File:Rstudio.png|thumb|upright=2.6|center|RStudio image from [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RStudio Wikipedia]]]

If you have had problems getting R installed, then look over [https://techvidvan.com/tutorials/install-r/ this tutorial] again and if you still can't get it then reach out on Discord and we'll get it figured out.

* Once you have RStudio installed, read and watch the [https://rladiessydney.org/courses/ryouwithme/01-basicbasics-0/ BasicBasics 1 and 2] tutorials from the R-Ladies Sydney group.

* [https://rmarkdown.rstudio.com/lesson-1.html Install R Markdown]

* Right-click on [https://github.com/jdfoote/Communication-and-Social-Networks/raw/spring-2021/week_3/r_markdown_example.Rmd this document], save it, and then open it in RStudio.
** Read through the file and try "knitting" it to an output document
** Finish the exercise at the end and see how that changes the output