Introduction to R Programming | Part 3

This is the third session of a 4-week long hands-on workshop introduction the R statistical programming language (see schedule). This virtual session will take place using Zoom. The link will be sent an hour in advance to registered attendees.

Learning Objectives

• Learn how to read data into R from a file
• Learn how to manipulate data (e.g. rename and recode variables)
• Learn how to merge and write datasets to a file

Prerequisites

There are no prerequisites, other than to have the software installed on your laptop prior to the workshop (see below).

Software

• Install R
• Install RStudio (free desktop version)

Materials

Workshop materials are available online here.

Instructor

Karla Lindquist, PhD, is the Scientific Lead for the UCSF Library's Data Science Initiative.

School of Medicine's Zoom Guide for Participants.