I have fallen in love with the R language and tool set over the last few weeks. I find that getting outside my comfort zone and learning new tools can always spur creativity and the open source community has a great many tools just waiting to be discovered. The fact that there is a free option for RStudio provides a powerful analysis tool to organizations without taking a large hit to the budget.
Lay the MacBook Air upside down on an antistatic mat, and then attach an antistatic wrist strap to yourself to ground any electricity. You don’t want to get a nasty shock from your computer or worse, send a shock through your system that causes even more damage. Step 2 Unscrew the bottom cover to your MacBook Air. Installing the add-in is pretty easy, and should only take a few minutes. Save the add-in file to your computer. Pick any folder on your hard drive that is easy for you to find. My suggestion is to create a folder named “Excel Campus” and place it in your Documents folder. Open the Add-ins Menu in Excel. Select the Tools menu in menu bar. On the following page, click the big red “Install” button. Then you’ll see an option to “Install previous version.” Click “Install” on the screen following that one (whew!), and it.
R is a statistical computing and graphics language and is available as free software under the GNU general public license. RStudio is a free and open source integrated development environment that puts a user interface over the R command line back end. The combination of the two provides a powerful data analysis toolset.
The tools are more command line and have a programming style rather than a point and click tool such as Microsoft’s Excel. This tool would appeal to the power user analyst or a user with more of a programming background.
R has a Very Active Community
The trouble with adding open source software to your workflow is making sure that the tool is active and being updated on a regular basis. The main criteria I look for is based on how large and active the community around the tool is.
R has a large active community and provides functions and extensions to the tool set through external libraries which can be imported as you need and discover them.
Installing R & RStudio on a Mac
The installation on a Mac is simple and straight forward. There are 2 installations that are required, the R language and the RStudio front end. You can install a desktop or server version, however I find for personal use the desktop install and user experience easier to manage.
Step 1 – Installing R
RStudio requires R version 2.11.1 or higher which can be downloaded here; http://cran.rstudio.com/ . There will be 3 versions listed, select the “Download the R for (Mac) OS X” version by first selecting the option below.
This will take you to the binaries page. Download the R-3.2.3.pkg, which is the latest version as of this blog post.
The package will download and double click to install. The installation is straight forward, select ‘Continue’ and follow the prompts.
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The R backend is now installed and we can move to installing RStudio.
Step 2 – Installing R Studio
The RStudio desktop version can be found here, https://www.rstudio.com/products/rstudio/#Desktop . There is an open source version and a purchased version that includes various options and support.
The icon above takes you to the various desktop versions, select the Mac OS X version.
Adobe pdf x1. Once Downloaded, double click on the RStudio package.
Windows coding program. Drag the RStudio icon to the Application Folder
On my machine, I have an older version, you can select ‘Replace’ to only keep the new version.
In Launch Pad, Type in R in finder, you will see both R and RStudio. Select RStudio and the following message is displayed, Select Open to run RStudio
Step3 – Try it out
RStudio is now displayed. You get the option to see a demo which will allow us to see if all is working correctly.
Type the following 2 lines of code in the console and press enter;
RStudio is now installed and ready for your analysis.
Resources available
There are many resources and tutorials that can be used to learn more about using the R language, I have listed a few below.
R Project for Statistical Computing, https://www.r-project.org
RStudio, https://www.rstudio.com/resources/training/online-learning/#R
I hope you find these useful.
Steve
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Introduction: How to Install Microsoft Office 2016 for Mac for Free
Microsoft has put out the free download of Office 2016 for Mac public preview, without any Office 365 subscription required. The new software includes support for Retina displays, iCloud syncing, and looks like the versions of Office currently available on Windows and mobile.
You can begin the free download here.
Step 1: Download the Install
Once you download the 2.6GB file to your downloads folder, click on the Office Preview Package to get started. You will be guided through the necessary steps to install this software.
Tip: I had to upgrade my OS X because you can't install Office for Mac with any version of OS X below 10.10. To see my tutorial on how to upgrade your OS X go here.
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I also had some internet interruptions on my initial download to my downloads folder and had a hard time opening the package because it did not download the full 2.6GB. Make sure that you fully downloaded the package.
Step 2: Read and Agree to Licensing Agreement
The software license agreement comes in many languages, this one in English. Once you read the agreement, you will have scrolled to the bottom. Click continue to agree.
Step 3: Agree to the License Agreement to Begin Installation
You will then be prompted to agree. Once you do you will select what users of your computer will have access to the software to select the destination for install. You will need 5.62GB of free space to install. Select and click continue.
Step 4: Install Office for Mac
I want all users of my computer to be able to access Office and made sure to have the available space. Now I am ready to install. I click install. I had to wait a few moments for the installation to complete. Then I was notified that the installation was successful. And my installation is complete.
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