Beginning R 4: From Beginner to Pro

© Matt Wiley, Joshua F. Wiley 2020

M. Wiley, J. F. WileyBeginning R 4 https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-6053-1_3

3. Data Input and Output

Matt Wiley¹  and Joshua F. Wiley²

(1)

Victoria College, Victoria, TX, USA

(2)

Turner Institute for Brain and Mental Health, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia

 

In general, when performing a statistical analysis, the majority of time spent ends up being dealing with data. This involves successfully inputting data as well as organizing or cleaning data. For now, our goal is to recognize various types of data files and use those types to import and export data to and from R.

By the end of this chapter, you should be able to

• Recognize common data file types by suffix.

• Apply R packages and functions to import data into ...