Data Analysis Using R
David Mawdsley
Introduction
- Aims of the day
- Research IT
- Teaching methods
Housekeeping
- Fire exit
- Toilets
- Coffee breaks and lunch
- Course timing
- Feedback (form and verbal)
Aims of the day
- Introduction to R
- No prior knowledge of R assumed
- Focus on using R for analysis rather than programming
- Does not teach statistics
- The aim is to teach you enough know how to find out more
Why learn R?
- (probably) the most popular language for data-analysis and statistics
- It’s free
- It’s extensible
- Over 13,000 packages
- This does mean there’s (often) more than one way to do a task
R user groups
R user groups are a great way of finding out more about R.
Teaching methods
- The course is interactive
- These are the only slides
- Getting help
- Course notes
- Try to type-along without the notes
- All the code is in the notes (Extras menu); you can cut and paste this into RStudio.
- The slides will remain online after the course.