Data Science Training Program
Krishna Choudhary, PhD
The scripting language R is considered one of the most powerful languages for quantitative analysis, statistics, and graphics. This workshop will help you get started using R to analyze your datasets and create graphs for visualization. You'll do hands-on exercises to demystify data analysis using R.
This workshop is designed for those who have no background whatsoever in programming/R.
You’ll learn:
- RStudio interface
- Addition, subtraction, basic math operations
- Assigning values to variables
- Commenting in a script
- Logical operators
- Intro to functions and libraries
- Reading data
- Troubleshooting error messages
- Exploring data (basic summaries such as mean, median, etc.)
- Selecting subsets of data
- Plotting data
- Data structures available in R
Visit the workshop site for more details and materials.
No background in statistics or computing is necessary. Have your laptop ready with RStudio and R installed.
Novice Level: This is an introductory workshop in the R Scripting series. No prior experience with programming or R/RStudio is required for this course. No prerequisites. Absolute beginners are especially welcome!
Details
Dates
March 1-March 2, 2021Time
2:00-4:00pm PSTLocation
OnlineAudience
Gladstone and UCSFContact(s)
The Gladstone Data Science Training Program was started in 2018 to provide trainees with learning opportunities and hands-on workshops to improve their skills in bioinformatics and computational analysis. This program offers a series of workshops throughout the year to enable trainees to gain new skills and get support with their questions and data.
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