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The Introduction to R and RStudio online program, introduced the language, covered topics such as basic data types (e.g. integers, numerics, characters, vectors, lists, matrices, and data frames), importing and manipulating data (in particular, vector and data-frame indexing), control flow (loops, conditionals, and functions), and good practices for producing readable, reusable, and efficient R code.

After completing this course, students were able to:

  • Recognize when R is an appropriate tool to use
  • Distinguish data types in R
  • Assign values to and select elements from vectors, lists, and data frames
  • Identify proper formatting of data for analysis
  • Conduct basic statistical analyses
  • Effectively plot data and results
  • Export figures and formatted data

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R is an integrated suite of software facilities for data manipulation, calculation and graphical display. It includes

  • an effective data handling and storage facility,
  • a suite of operators for calculations on arrays, in particular matrices,
  • a large, coherent, integrated collection of intermediate tools for data analysis,
  • graphical facilities for data analysis and display either on-screen or on hardcopy, and
  • a well-developed, simple and effective programming language which includes conditionals, loops, user-defined recursive functions and input and output facilities.

RStudio is an integrated development environment (IDE) for R. It includes a console, syntax-highlighting editor that supports direct code execution, as well as tools for plotting, history, debugging and workspace management.

This class is designed for students or researchers with no previous experience in R and those with some experience who would like an overview of R fundamentals to gain additional independence.

The material for this course is delivered primarily via an online textbook (Links to an external site) with key concepts for each chapter supplemented with demonstration videos. The script for each video is also provided, which contains the code being demonstrated.

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