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Venue: UM Bannatyne: Chown Building: Room 474, George & Fay Yee Centre for Healthcare Innovation
UM Bannatyne: Chown Building: Room 474, George & Fay Yee Centre for Healthcare Innovation
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R for Absolute Beginners, May 2023
Description:
This 3-day hands-on and in-person workshop, presented by CHI’s Data Science platform, will introduce participants to R by providing instruction and hands-on exercises. Participants will gain understanding of basic workflows in R, including data manipulation, graphics, and programming.
No prior experience with R will be assumed. Please bring your own computer. Instructions for installing R and RStudio will be provided a few days before the workshop begins.
Sessions will be held from 9am to 12pm (CT) on Monday, May 8th, Wednesday, May 10th and Friday, May 12th.
Objectives:
- Introduction to R – why use it, user interface (R Studio) and basic data structures.
- Overview of data management techniques using the tidyverse package.
- Learn elementary graphic functions for data visualization.
- Learn how to import and export datasets.
Cost:
$50.00 – Academic, $150 – Non-profit, and $300 – Commercial
Contact Information:
For more information, please click here to email Yixiu Liu and Robert Balshaw.
Registration Cancellation Policy:
A registration refund will be made upon written request on or before May 5th, 2023. A $35 administrative fee will be retained. No refunds will be made for cancellations after this date.