R-workshop 14-16 of January
On the 14th to the 16th of January Johan Lyhagen will teach a workshop in programming in R at Ekonomikum, for employees and PhD students at Uppsala University.
The purpose of this course is to give practical experience in using the programming language R. This includes the ability to read various types of files, cleaning and transforming data, extract information and visually displaying the data. Further, model statements will be introduced. No previous programming experience with R is required. A certificate of participation in the workshop will be given after its conclusion. Lectures will be given before lunch, and attendants will do practical work with R (with teachers available) after lunch.
After attending the workshop, participants should be able to
• demonstrate basic knowledge about the programming language R
• show basic understanding of algorithms in R
• know how to find information about how different functions in R work
• to read, modify and describe data in R
• to write, interpret and run R code, including functions
• to conduct data visualization using R
• to write model formulas
Last day to register is the 8th of January.