The aim of the workshop is to provide an introduction to R, a language and environment for statistical computing and graphics. Focus of the workshop will be on getting familiar with the R environment, to use R for manipulation and exploration of data, and to perform simple statistical analyses. Hands-on exercises will form a large part of the workshop. After introduction of a topic, participants can work through some exercises, familiarizing themselves with the ideas.
Date: Oct 23-24, 2014
Target audience: PhD candidates that work with data requiring basic statistical analyses.
Program: This course is aimed at scientists who have started to work with R and want to know more about the procedures and options of the programme. No prior knowledge of R is expected.
Day 1, morning: introduction into R language, data structures, data manipulation
Day 1, afternoon: graphics, simple programming
Day 2, morning: basic statistics and simulation
Day 2, afternoon: linear models, miscellanea
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Course website: http://www.pe-rc.nl/database/Courses%20and%20Activities/PE-RC%20postgraduate%20courses/Introduction%20to%20R%20for%20Statistical%20Analysis.htm
