J Street: Data Visualization with R for the Social Sciences & Humanities

Thank you for your interest in the Wednesday, February 20, 2013 Data Visualization with R for the Social Sciences & Humanities Workshop!

To complete your registration, and help us create a successful workshop session, answer the questions below and submit this form by Monday, February 18.

Please Note: Basic understanding of R is required for this workshop. You should be able to understand and complete the directives contained in Handouts 1 & 2 of the Q-APS Statistical Programming Camp, available here: http://bit.ly/WXQRmJ

Download and Install R prior to the workshop. Directions are listed at the end of this form.

1. Tell us a little about yourself.

Tell us a little about yourself. Your Name
Your NetID
Your College Affiliation
Class Year
What is your major or program of study?

2. What is your programming language background, e.g.: R, C, Java, etc.?
PLEASE NOTE: Basic understanding of R is required for this workshop. You should be able to understand and complete the directives contained in Handouts 1 & 2 of the Q-APS Statistical Programming Camp, available here: http://bit.ly/WXQRmJ

What is your programming language background, e.g.: R, C, Java, etc.? PLEASE NOTE: Basic understanding of R is required for this workshop. You should be able to understand and complete the directives contained in Handouts 1 & 2 of the Q-APS Statistical Programming Camp, available here: http://bit.ly/WXQRmJ

3. Why are you taking this workshop? (e.g.: course assignment, JP or Senior Thesis, etc.)

Why are you taking this workshop? (e.g.: course assignment, JP or Senior Thesis, etc.)

4. What are your goals for your workshop experience?

What are your goals for your workshop experience?

5. How did you hear about this workshop?

How did you hear about this workshop? J Street announcement

In-class announcement

Residential college digital signage

Wilson College newsletter

Word of mouth

Other (please specify below)

Other (please specify)

Downloading and installing R on Windows and Mac OSX:

1. Go to http://www.r-project.org; click on the CRAN link on the left hand side of the page.
2. Choose any of the Country/City links; the U.S. sites will likely be faster.
3. Select the link that matches your operating system.

Windows
4. Choose the base installation.
5. Click on the link for R-2.14.1.
6. Select the option to Run the R-2.14.1-win32.exe file.
7. Windows users will be given a an option to customize the startup. Make sure to choose "Yes" for the customized startup, followed by the SDI option for separate windows.
8. The remainder of the installation process may be completed by simply following the Windows Setup Wizard Prompts. Once the installation is complete, an icon to open the R software will be added to the desktop. You may open the R console by double clicking on the icon.

MacOS X
4. Click on the link for R-2.14.1.pkg.
5. Select the option to Save File for the R-2.14.1.pkg. Follow the standard installation of the Mac Installer.
6. Once the installation is complete, an R icon will be added to the Applications folder. Double- clicking the R icon opens the console.

Please click "Done" to complete your registration!