Introduction to R

Description:

Outline

This one day course aims to provide a basic introduction to R and RStudio for those with no previous experience with this statistical programming language. We will discuss some of the motivations to use R (instead of other applications) and will provide a practical introduction to the basic grammar of R language. Specifically, we will cover how to create and import data into R and will provide an overview of the ggplot2 package for data visualisation. We will also introduce the rmarkdown language to generate fully reproducible reports and analysis. The course will also provide information on books and other various resources where you could continue your R training.

Objectives

By the end of the day you should:

• Be familiar with different GUIs and environments that are used to interact with R, particularly RStudio
• Understand the basic structures, the verbs and nouns, of the R language and how R stores data on its memory
• Be able to produce basic data visualisations using the ggplot2 package
• Be able to generate a html dynamic report of your analysis using rmarkdown
• Know where to go next in order to strengthen your R training

Cost:

£195 (£140 for those from educational, government and charitable institutions).

Website and registration:

http://www.cmist.manchester.ac.uk/study/short/introductory/intro-to-r/

Region:

North West

Keywords:

Quantitative Data Handling and Data Analysis, R, RStudio, ggplot2

Related publications and presentations:

Quantitative Data Handling and Data Analysis

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