The ion library contains a number of convenient functions and tutorials to make data analysis easy in R. Open an R console and enter
source("https://tvpham.github.io/ion.r")
Data files are usually in a tab-deliminated text format with a single header line. If you are familiar with R, you can use a variety of other data formats. If you are a novice user, use other tools such as Excel or LibreOffice Calc, to create tab-deliminated text files.
Citation (not necessary, only if you want to):
TV Pham (2023). ion: Data analysis for the masses. Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7878517
Discussion:
https://github.com/tvpham/ion/discussionsEnjoy.