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title: "Quantitative Peer Learning Community R Training"
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## About this R training

There has been a growing demand amongst Bellwarians to learn R. Specifically, we have heard that Bellwarians want to learn R to help improve their skills in data cleaning, analysis and visualization. To support Bellwarians in developing their R skills, the Quantitative Peer Learning Community (PLC) is providing a 10 week course that will teach them how to do the following:

-   Data cleaning and analysis

-   Join two or more data frames

-   Advanced data visualizations, including charts, graphs, and maps

-   Create high-quality presentations using Quarto

## R Class Prep

Prior to the first class on March 19, participants should do the following:

-   **Install R, RStudio, and specified packages**. Detailed [instructions for downloading required software are available here](https://bellwetherorg.github.io/quant_plc_rclass/setup.html).

-   **Create a Github account**. Detailed instructions for how to set up a [Github account can be found here](https://docs.github.com/en/get-started/start-your-journey/creating-an-account-on-github). 

-   Download R packages

## Instructors

-   [Krista Kaput](https://bellwether.org/experts/krista-kaput/)

-   [Alex Spurrier](https://bellwether.org/experts/alex-spurrier/)