We assume that you have installed R. If not, follow the instructions from last lectures to install R.
RStudio is a powerful and easy to use open source IDE for R. Download the appropriate version for your OS from http://www.rstudio.com/ide/download/desktop and install it on your computer.
In this workshop, a few different R packages will be used. To install R packages, you can either follow the steps described here or use the package installation tool in RStudio (Tools -> Install Packages... ). Please install the following packages:
Although our focus will be on R, we will cover the interaction between R and Python. In order to install Python on your computer, you can follow one of Iain's installation guide: Modelling with Python Workshop - Installation Guide for OSX, Modelling with Python Workshop - Installation Guide for Linux, Modelling with Python Workshop - Installation Guide for Windows . You only need to follow the sections "Install Python" and "Install setuptools". For this workshop, we will keep the required Python knowledge to a minimum. However, since Python will be used extensively in other workshops, it's a good idea to go over some Resources for Learning Python.