Cambridge Basic R Course
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Aims: To enable bench scientists with no previous programming background to perform simple statistical analyses with R
Topics covered (session 1):
R environment
Informal introduction to R basics
Introducing R data objects
Understanding data types
Manipulating data in R
Basic build-in function for data manipulation
A guide to using R for everyday data analysis
Reading and writing data tables
Basic R graphics
High level plotting functions
Topics covered (session 2):
Customized plotting functions
Starting out with statistical tests
Creating a reproducible report in R
Data analysis and R automation with examples
Advanced data analysis and integration
Loops and branching as useful data handling technique