R-ticulate A Gentle Introduction To R

This two day introductory course addresses all those who are interested in discovering the powerful capabilities of R and have little or no previous programming experience. The emphasis is on exploring, organizing, handling and graphing data. You will playfully experiment with the R syntax and fundamental data structures and, as we progress, acquire some fundamental R programming and graphing techniques.

Aim

This course is designed to get you past the steepest part of the R learning curve and to provide you with the tools to efficiently manage your data and streamline your workflow.

Course Profile

  • R syntax demystified (operators, functions, objects, assignments)
  • Workspace organisation
  • Introduction to R-Studio
  • Data import/export
  • Data exploration
  • Data manipulation
  • Basic programming (loops and conditional statements)
  • Creating custom functions
  • Data visualisation