This is a beginner-friendly course with a focus on developing skills and a fundamental understanding of R and RStudio. The first session offers a very basic introduction to R and RStudio, with a focus on active participation in using the software. It focuses on getting set up using R through the RStudio interface. It will introduce students to R Projects, working directories, and the RStudio interface. It will also introduce students to the basic functionalities of R (calculations, variables, data types) and R packages.
The second session focuses on working with and manipulating data. This covers basic processes like importing data, renaming, reordering, or changing data, and merging data frames. The last part will then introduce pipes and data export.
The course will ultimately develop a familiarity with the principles and functionalities of R and RStudio, allowing attendees to confidently apply these, or indeed seek out new concepts, for their current and future research.
This is a beginner-friendly course. No previous knowledge on the topic is required/expected, and the trainer will cover the basics of the method.
- Be able to use and navigate R and RStudio and write basic code with them.
- Understand how to install packages, load libraries, and use functions.
- Familiarise with various aspects of data wrangling, e.g. summarising data with R.
- Understand the basics of creating visualisations with R.
By attending this course, you will become familiar with the following skills:
- Write and edit R code in RStudio using R Markdown files
- Manipulate data using R and RStudio
