Where
Online
When
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7 May 2026 (recurring)9:30 am - 12:30 pm
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8 May 2026 (recurring)9:30 am - 12:30 pm
Learn about the fundamental concepts in programming using R and apply them to analyse a sample research dataset.
R is quickly gaining popularity as a programming language of choice for statisticians, data scientists and researchers. It has an excellent ecosystem including the powerful RStudio development environment and the Shiny web application framework.
But getting started with R can be challenging, particularly if you’ve never programmed before. That’s where this introductory course comes in. We teach using RStudio, which allows program code, results, visualisations and documentation to be blended seamlessly.
What you'll learn:
- Introduction to the RStudio interface for programming
- Basic syntax and data types in R
- How to load external data into R
- Creating functions (FUNCTIONS)
- Repeating actions and analysing multiple data sets (LOOPS)
- Making choices (IF STATEMENTS – CONDITIONALS)
- Ways to visualise data in R