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Learning R programming

The document provides a structured roadmap for learning R programming, emphasizing its relevance for data analysis, statistics, and automation. It outlines seven key steps, including setting up the environment, learning syntax, data manipulation, visualization, statistical analysis, integration with other tools, and practicing with real-world projects. The guide also suggests resources and mini-projects to reinforce learning and encourages leveraging existing knowledge in SQL, Power BI, and Python.

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Learning R programming

The document provides a structured roadmap for learning R programming, emphasizing its relevance for data analysis, statistics, and automation. It outlines seven key steps, including setting up the environment, learning syntax, data manipulation, visualization, statistical analysis, integration with other tools, and practicing with real-world projects. The guide also suggests resources and mini-projects to reinforce learning and encourages leveraging existing knowledge in SQL, Power BI, and Python.

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Learning R programming is a great choice, especially if you're working with data analysis,

statistics, and automation. Given your background in SQL, Power BI, and Python ETL,
you already have a strong foundation for picking up R quickly.

Here’s a structured roadmap to help you master R efficiently:

Step 1: Set Up Your Environment

Install R & RStudio (Best IDE for R)

• Download R: https://cran.r-project.org/

• Download RStudio: https://posit.co/download/rstudio-desktop/

Why RStudio? It provides an easy-to-use interface, syntax highlighting, and debugging


tools.

Step 2: Learn the Basics (Syntax & Data Types)

Since you already know Python & SQL, focus on R’s unique aspects:

• Variables (x <- 10 instead of x = 10)

• Data types (numeric, character, logical, factor, etc.)

• Vectors, Lists, Matrices, Data Frames

• Conditional statements & loops (if-else, for, while)

Resources:
R for Beginners (Book)
W3Schools R Tutorial

Mini-Exercise: Create a vector of numbers and calculate the mean/median.

Step 3: Data Manipulation with dplyr & tidyverse

R is powerful for data wrangling, especially with the tidyverse package.

Key Functions in dplyr:

• filter() → Select rows


• select() → Choose columns

• mutate() → Create new columns

• arrange() → Sort data

• group_by() + summarise() → Aggregate data

Resource: R for Data Science (Hadley Wickham)

Mini-Project: Read an Excel/CSV file, filter data based on conditions, and calculate
summary stats.

Step 4: Data Visualization with ggplot2

R excels at visualization. ggplot2 is the most powerful package.

Basic ggplot2 Syntax:

library(ggplot2)

ggplot(data = mtcars, aes(x = mpg, y = hp)) + geom_point()

Resource: ggplot2 Cheat Sheet

Mini-Project: Create a bar chart or scatter plot for sales data.

Step 5: Statistical Analysis & Machine Learning (Optional)

If you want to do advanced analytics:


Hypothesis Testing (t.test(), cor.test())
Regression Models (lm(), glm())
Machine Learning (caret, randomForest, xgboost)

Resource: Machine Learning with R

Mini-Project: Build a linear regression model for predicting sales.

Step 6: Automate & Integrate R with SQL, Power BI, and Python

Since you work with BI & SQL, explore:


Running SQL queries in R (DBI, odbc)
Automating reports with rmarkdown
Connecting R to Power BI via R scripts

Resource: R for Power BI

Mini-Project: Fetch data from SQL in R, clean it, and generate a Power BI-ready
dataset.

Step 7: Practice & Real-World Projects

Join Kaggle for data challenges


Automate your Excel reports using R
Contribute to GitHub projects

Final Thought:

Since you already know Python & SQL, R will feel familiar yet different. The key is practice
with real-world data rather than just learning theory.

Do you want a specific project idea or a detailed learning roadmap based on your goals?

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