Lab 1: Intro to R, RStudio, Quarto





Megan Ayers

Math 141 | Spring 2026
Thursday, Week 1

Announcements/reminders

  • Course assistant office hours are posted on Moodle

Goals for Today

  • Get to know each other
  • Take a tour of RStudio
  • Run through intro.qmd
  • Download the lab materials for today on RStudio Server and start the lab

Quick introductions

  • Name
  • Pronouns
  • Something you’re excited for this semester (Reed-related or not)

Demo: Lab instructions and tour of RStudio.

Demo: intro.qmd

If you see a popup asking if you want to install a package called detectors, say yes.

Open working time

  • The lab will be due on Gradescope (as a PDF) on Tuesday February 3 at 11:59pm.
  • Check out out your Gradescope account for this class before Tuesday afternoon.
    • Course entry code: on the course website and Moodle.
    • If you have any issues, send me an email before Tuesday afternoon.


To-do:

  1. Follow the lab instructions to access lab materials / RStudio Server.
  2. Review intro.qmd, if you’d like.
  3. Start the lab exercises in lab01_yournamehere.qmd.