Course Overview
R is widely used and extremely powerful statistical software. This course assumes that you have never used R before. You will learn how to obtain and install R, which is open-source software, and RStudio, which is a versatile, user-friendly interface for using R. It is very useful to do this course before our introductory statistics course, Introductory Statistics for Researchers.
This course will cover some basic features of R and lay the groundwork for you to improve your R skills independently. The course is self-paced and focused on developing practical skills.
Course Outline
This course will cover topics including:
- Basics of interacting with R – calculations, saving variables so you can reuse them, data types and structures, organising R code in scripts
Tidyverse – a basic introduction to tidy R code
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Data – reading in and organising data (from spreadsheets) with dplyr
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Plotting – make beautiful figures with ggplot
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Course Requirement: You will need a computer with course access (to install R before attending the course)
Date: Thursday 9 May 2024
Duration: 10-5pm
Location: Hybrid (in person/online)
You will receive a certificate of completion for the course.