Dataharvest 2024 - the European Investigative Journalism Conference

Excel and Googlesheets can only get you so far - once you start learning a scripting language like R, you begin to see how point and click software holds you back. Not to mention really big datasets which R handles with ease, while the familiar tools crash! By the end of this session, you will know how to import your data into R, how the interface works, and how to ask your data questions. You may already know your way around spreadsheets, but even if you're not, R is an amazingly flexible language for analysing data. We will get you started up the learning curve - you will be amazed what is possible. We will be using a cloud version of RStudio, so no installation necessary. The session material will be available to you after Dataharvest too.