> For the complete documentation index, see [llms.txt](https://igb.mit.edu/llms.txt). Markdown versions of documentation pages are available by appending `.md` to page URLs; this page is available as [Markdown](https://igb.mit.edu/mini-courses/r/intro-to-r.md).

# Intro to R

### Acknowledgement <a href="#firstheading" id="firstheading"></a>

The backbone of the lesson is based on the teaching material developed by members of the teaching team at the Harvard Chan Bioinformatics Core (HBC). Many sections are directly adopted from the above teaching material. These are open access materials distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution license (CC BY 4.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.

The materials used in this lesson were derived from work that is Copyright © Data Carpentry (<http://datacarpentry.org/>). All Data Carpentry instructional material is made available under the Creative Commons Attribution license (CC BY 4.0).

Adapted from the lesson by Tracy Teal. Original contributors: Paul Wilson, Milad Fatenejad, Sasha Wood and Radhika Khetani for Software Carpentry (<http://software-carpentry.org/>)


---

# Agent Instructions
This documentation is published with GitBook. GitBook is the documentation platform designed so that both humans and AI agents can read, navigate, and reason over technical content effectively. Learn more at gitbook.com.

## Querying This Documentation
If you need additional information that is not directly available in this page, you can query the documentation dynamically by asking a question.

Perform an HTTP GET request on the current page URL with the `ask` query parameter:

```
GET https://igb.mit.edu/mini-courses/r/intro-to-r.md?ask=<question>
```

The question should be specific, self-contained, and written in natural language.
The response will contain a direct answer to the question and relevant excerpts and sources from the documentation.

Use this mechanism when the answer is not explicitly present in the current page, you need clarification or additional context, or you want to retrieve related documentation sections.