R: Introduction for Beginners BeginnersPrerequisites
R is a language and environment for statistical computing and graphics, similar to the S language.
This course is for beginners and fairly new users of the package. Basic concepts and use of R will be introduced. The main aim of the course is to give participants a foundation and some background. However statistical techniques are not covered (see note below).
The course provides an overview of the R environment, and covers getting data into R, as well as reporting, graphing and analyses using R.
- All current University members (departments and colleges)
- Further details regarding eligibility criteria are available
- Familiarity with basic statistical concepts
- Elementary use of Linux
Number of sessions: 3
# | Date | Time | Venue | Trainers | |
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1 | Mon 25 Jan 2016 14:00 - 17:00 | 14:00 - 17:00 | Titan Teaching Room 2, New Museums Site | map | Bruce Beckles, Ronald Haynes |
2 | Tue 26 Jan 2016 14:00 - 17:00 | 14:00 - 17:00 | Titan Teaching Room 2, New Museums Site | map | Bruce Beckles, Ronald Haynes |
3 | Wed 27 Jan 2016 14:00 - 17:00 | 14:00 - 17:00 | Titan Teaching Room 2, New Museums Site | map | Bruce Beckles, Ronald Haynes |
Presentations, demonstrations and practicals
R v. 3.0.1 on MCS Linux
- No attempt is made to teach statistical techniques, though simple examples are used to show the principles of R use.
- Practicals will be run on PCs using R under Linux
- Although not a prerequisite, attendees will greatly benefit from having prior experience of command line environments, such as might be obtained from the Unix: Introduction to the Command Line Interface course
Three half day sessions
Termly
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