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R in 2 Minutes

Short videos highlighting useful R packages and functions.

How to install a package not on CRAN

May 1, 2024

Ever tried to install an R package using install.packages() and had it not work? It's very frustrating! Fortunately, there are ways around this. In this video, I show how to install R packages that are not on CRAN.

How to Use the Scales Package in R for European-style Number Formatting

April 3, 2024

Hello, my European friends! Ever read the number 123.45 (formatted in the American style where the period is the decimal point) and wish you could easily convert this to a European-style 123,45 (where the comma is the decimal point). You can! In this R in 2 Minutes video, I show you how to use the scales package in R for European-style number formatting.Code shown in video