R Markdown Resources

Table of contents

• Cheatsheets
• Online Guides
• Advanced Topics

We will make heavy use of Markdown documents in this class. The following references will help you with creating, formatting, executing, and rendering R Markdown documents.

Cheatsheets

• R Markdown Cheatsheet (PDF)
• R Markdown Reference Guide (PDF)
• You may also go to File > Help > Markdown Quick Reference to open the Markdown Quick Reference in the RStudio Help pane.

Online Guides

• R Markdown Guide - Start here for a concise syntax reference, with online cheatsheet

• RStudio R Markdown Manual - Outlines all the basic components, mechanics, and output formats

• Reproducible Research in R: Part I An in-depth treatment of markdown syntax, YAML headers and code chunks

Advanced Topics

• R Markdown: The Definitive Guide Yihui Xie, J. J. Allaire, Garrett Grolemund (2021-04-09)

• bookdown: Authoring Books and Technical Documents with R Markdown Yihui Xie (2021-08-06)

• R Markdown Cookbook Yihui Xie, Christophe Dervieux, Emily Riederer (2021-07-25)

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