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The scripting language R is considered one of the most powerful languages for quantitative analysis, statistics, and graphics. This workshop will help you get started using R to analyze your datasets and create graphs for visualization. You’ll do hands-on exercises to demystify data analysis using R. 

In this course, you’ll learn:

  • RStudio interface
  • Addition, subtraction, basic math operations
  • Assigning values to variables
  • Logical operators
  • Intro to functions and libraries
  • Reading data
  • Troubleshooting error messages
  • Exploring data (basic summaries such as mean, median, etc.)
  • Selecting subsets of data
  • Plotting data
  • Data structures available in R

Bring your laptop with RStudio and R installed.

Novice: This is an introductory workshop in the R Scripting series. No prior experience with programming or R/RStudio is required for this course. No prerequisites. Absolute beginners are especially welcome! Advanced-level packages such as Seurat will not be covered. 

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