Connection Instructions

  1. R students can download the software directly to your own computer.
  • Step1: download and Install R R is a freely distributed language. Go to the R project’s page: http://cran.r-project.org/  and download and install the version for your machine.
  • Step 2: download and install RStudio R Studio is an Integrated Development Environment – a package that “sits” on top of R and makes code writing and debugging easier. You should install R Studio after you install R. Go to http://www.rstudio.com/products/rstudio/download  and download the version for your machine.

2. How to access the dragon directories: This is where we have some shared directories (folders) for the course:

  • For students using https://myapps.wesleyan.edu, you can directly access the directories via the virtual desktop 
  • Otherwise, to connect to dragon from your computer follow the instructions here.
  • The common data files for the course are contained in the following directory:
    • smb://dragon/courses/qac/qac201/Studies and Codebooks/
  • If you need to upload your own data, you can follow the instructions here.