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Introduction to R Programming (2-Part Series) Online

Overview

This is a hands-on workshop introducing the R statistical programming language.

Objectives

  • Learn how to create and use R projects and scripts
  • Learn how to find, install, and get help for using R packages and functions
  • Learn how to use built-in operators and functions
  • Learn about control flow and user-defined functions
  • Learn how to read, manipulate, describe and plot data
  • Learn some best practices for R programming
 

Prerequisites

There are no prerequisites, other than to have the software installed prior to the workshop (see below).

Software

Materials

Workshop materials are available online here.

Instructor

Karla Lindquist, PhD, is the Scientific Lead for the UCSF Library's Data Science Initiative.

Albert Lee is a Data Science Instructional Designer and Analyst with UCSF.

School of Medicine's Zoom Guide for Participants.

Related LibGuide: Bioinformatics and Statistics Resources by Ariel Deardorff

Dates & Times:
2:00pm - 4:00pm, Thursday, Feb 11 2021
2:00pm - 4:00pm, Friday, Feb 12 2021
Time Zone:
Pacific Time - US & Canada (change)
Campus:
Online
Online:
This is an online event. Event URL will be sent via registration email.
Categories:
  Data Science > Bioinformatics and Statistics     Data Science > Programming     Data Science  
Registration has closed. (This event has to be booked as part of a series)

Event Organizer

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Karla Lindquist