Editing Statistics and Statistical Programming (Spring 2019)/Quest at Northwestern

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== Requesting an Account ==
== Requesting an Account ==


In order to use Quest, you need to request an account [https://www.it.northwestern.edu/secure/forms/research/allocation-request.html here]. Part of this process is writing a short statement about what you want to use the node for - briefly explaining your research should suffice. It is very, very likely that you will only need a Research I allocation.
In order to use Quest, you need to request an account [https://www.it.northwestern.edu/secure/forms/research/allocation-request.html here]. Part of this process is writing a short statement about what you want to use the node for - briefly explaining your research should suffice.


It will probably take a few days for your request to be approved.
It is very, very likely that you will only need a Research I allocation.


== Using RStudio ==
== Using RStudio ==


Login to the [https://rstudio.questanalytics.northwestern.edu/auth-sign-in Rstudio server] on Quest. This will give you a version of RStudio in your browser. Quest provides some [https://kb.northwestern.edu/quest-rstudio documentation] on basic things like uploading data, installing packages, and troubleshooting.
Login to the [https://rstudio.questanalytics.northwestern.edu/auth-sign-in Rstudio server] on Quest. This will give you a version of RStudio in your browser. Quest provides some [https://kb.northwestern.edu/quest-rstudio documentation] on basic things like uploading data, installing packages, and troubleshooting.
Note that if you want to create RMarkdown documents, you will need to install a bunch of packages. When you try to create a new RMarkdown file it will tell you this and offer to install the packages.
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