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R for Beginners INTENSIVE

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When & Where
Date: 
Tue, January 14, 2014 - 9:00 AM to 12:00 PM
Wed, January 15, 2014 - 9:00 AM to 12:00 PM
Thu, January 16, 2014 - 9:00 AM to 12:00 PM
Fri, January 17, 2014 - 9:00 AM to 12:00 PM
Location: 
D-Lab Convening Room
Description
Type: 
Workshop

The workshop will provide an intensive introduction to R, spanning a total of 12 hours of instruction over 4 days.  Topics to be covered include:

  • Importing, manipulating, and exporting data
  • Working with R data objects (vectors, matrices, lists, dataframes)
  • Carrying out statistical analyses (descriptive statistics, hypothesis tests, regression, regression diagnostics, matching, regression discontinuity, sensitivity analysis)
  • Programming (functions, loops, if/else statements, and simulations)
  • Plotting and graphics 

 No prior experience with R is assumed, though participants should have a good grasp of introductory-level statistics (including familiarity with hypothesis testing and regression).  

Keyword: 
Quantitative Analysis, R, Simulating and Modeling, Visualization
Details
Training Host: 
D-Lab
D-lab Facilitator: 
Chris Krogslund
Format Detail: 
Direct Instruction
Participant Technology Requirement: 
Laptops required; please install the latest version of both R and RStudio
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