Introduction to R and Exploratory Graphics

The ability to visualize and make conclusions about data is quickly becoming an essential skill for developers. Whether working with performance data or domain-specific datasets, we need tools to help us explore the data and iterate quickly, as opposed to tools that focus primarily on presentation, as web-based tools often do.

In this session I'll introduce the R environment for statistical programming, as well as the best packages to get started with tidying, manipulating, and visualizing your data. I'll also cover techniques to use and avoid when working with latency datasets.