2.2 Starting a new project in Rstudio

To keep all your work organized, you should use a project. In Rstudio, click File > New Project > New directory > New project. Type the desired directory name in the dialog (give it a meaningful name, e.g. “My Meta-Analysis”), and use ‘Browse’ if you need to change the directory where you store your projects. Now, in your project, click File > New file > R script. This script file works just like notepad, or the syntax editor in SPSS: You type plain text, but you can run it any time you want. Conduct all of the exercises in this script file.