A brief introduction to data science and statistics in R and RStudio.
Frequency: Twice a year
Time: 2 x 3 hours
Language: English or Norwegian
Type of course: In person
Target audience:
UiO reseachers and students who want to get started with R/RStudio.
Prerequisites:
Basic knowledge of statistics and research methodology is useful, but not required. The aim is to provide a soft and not-too-technical introduction.
Contents:
- Become familiar with the different menus and options that you have in R and RStudio
- Learn how data is handled and represented in R
- How to write data directly into R, and how to import different types of data files
- Recode variables and calculate new variables based on raw data
- Present data using graphs
- Descriptive statistics, i.e. describe a data set using measures such as mean, standard deviation, median, skewness, etc., and know what these mean and how they should be interpreted
- Learn how to efficiently document what you do in R/RStudio, both for the sake of reproducibility, but also to make your own work more efficient
Contact
Send questions about the course to statistikk@usit.uio.no