How to Be Okay with Getting Things Wrong

This chapter helps students get into the right mindset for learning R. It covers the concepts of growth and fixed mindsets and explains why it is important to adopt a growth mindset, or at least to be aware of and fight against the tendency to have a fixed mindset, when learning R. In addition, this chapter provides some practical tips for dealing with the frustration that often occurs when students learn R for the first time and start getting things wrong.