Introduction to Data Analysis with R-Studio
Are you a UVic student or Staff member and want to learn more about statistical and data analysis using RStudio? Are you a graduate student wondering how you’re going to analyze your research data? If so, then this hands-on workshop will give you an introduction to RStudio, which is a free and open-source tool for analyzing and visualizing your data. Once you’ve completed this session you’ll be able to:
- Entering and Saving Data/Files in R
- Installing packages, importing and exporting data
- Creating lists and tables (aka: matrices from vectors)
- Extracting data frame and matrix elements
- Manipulate matrix and descriptive statistics using the “summary” command
- Creating loops and introducing “For” statement
- Creating basic R plots using the “plot” command
No programming skills are required for this workshop; just an interest and/or a desire to learn. Before attending the orientation, please go to the following webpage and watch two short instructional videos and the R and RStudio software on your laptop:
- Download R & Rstudio (5 min):
- Windows User: https://cran.r-project.org/bin/windows/base/
- Mac User: https://cran.r-project.org/bin/macosx/
- Install RStudio Desktop: https://www.rstudio.com/products/rstudio/download/
- What is R used for? Introduction to RStudio basics (5 min): https://youtu.be/SWxoJqTqo08?t=26s
- Bookmark or print this Reference table of useful R commands + examples (4 min): https://goo.gl/AE2Sv9
- Optional – FREE e-book “R in Action” @ Uvic online library: https://goo.gl/AwoVHh
- R in Action companion website: https://www.statmethods.net/index.html
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