Prerequisites:
None
Overview:
Come join us for a hands-on workshop exploring the basics of R, one of the most popular programming languages for data analytics and data science in academia and beyond. This course will introduce importing data from a csv file into R, viewing data, understanding data types and structures, and indexing data using base R functions.
Please note that this is a workshop for beginners. If you already have a background in R, please consider other workshops where we will cover more advanced techniques and explore various R packages in more detail.
Topics:
- What is R and why should you use it?
- Overview of RStudio
- Using the console - calculator and basic functions
- Scripting best practices
- Getting help in R
- Loading data from a CSV file
- Viewing and indexing data
Contact information:
Please email mrsmith@rice.edu if you have questions about the Data@Rice workshop series.
For more information about other data courses at Rice, visit https://library.rice.edu/services/data-workshops or contact researchdata@rice.edu.