For this hands-on session, please install the following on your laptop:
R
R is a programming language that is especially powerful for data exploration, visualization, and statistical analysis. To interact with R, we use RStudio.
Windows
Install R by downloading and running this .exe file from CRAN. Please also install the RStudio IDE.
Mac OS X
Install R by downloading and running this .pkg file from CRAN. Please also install the RStudio IDE.
Linux
You can download the binary files for your distribution from CRAN, or you can use your package manager (e.g. for Debian/Ubuntu, run sudo apt-get install r-base; for Fedora, run sudo yum install R). Please also install the RStudio IDE.