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
Data – reading in and organising data (from spreadsheets) with dplyr
Plotting – make beautiful figures with ggplot

Presenter and Expertise: Peter Humburg, Statistical Consultant, UNSW Stats Central

Course Requirements: You will need a computer with administrator access (to install R and RStudio software before attending the course).

Date: Monday 5 August 2024

Duration: 9.00am to 5.00pm

Location: K-D26-G07 - Bioscience Building - We highly encourage you to attend the course in person.

You will receive a certificate of completion for the course.

Note: this course is a pre-requisite for the Introductory Statistics for Researchers using R course. You will be eligible for enrolling in Introductory Statistics for Researchers using R, August 13-15 that runs ahead of this course. You will receive a code to register once you purchased a ticket for this course.

Note: If you have a funding support and would like to pay by "Internal Funding Payment" please contact us stats.central@unsw.edu.au

FAQs

How can I contact the organiser with any questions?

Please send us an email at: stats.central@unsw.edu.au

Short Course: Introduction to R

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