Workshop: Introduction to R

Introduction to R
 

R is an open-source software and a programming language designed for data manipulation, statistical computing and graphics that is growing vastly in popularity and importance. This workshop offers a brief introduction to R and will focus on the fundamentals of the program.

This workshop targets all researchers with little to no R-programming experience who wish to start using R for their data manipulation, data management, or statistical analysis.
 

Workshop Content and Goals

The workshop offers an introduction to R and is designed to provide a gentle introduction to the basics of the program including following topics:

• Operators and functions
• R objects,
• Data types and data structures
• Data manipulation (e.g., subsetting)
• Importing data into R and exporting data from R
• R packages

Note that this workshop is concerned with the R basics and does not cover any statistical method or data visualization

Prior Knowledge and Preparation

No prior knowledge of R or RStudio is required for attending this workshop though some basic programming or data science experience is helpful. The workshop will take place in a computer lab where computers are equipped with R and RStudio. However, participants may also use their own laptops with R and RStudio installed prior to coming to the workshop, see:

R
https://cran.r-project.org/

RStudio
https://www.rstudio.com/products/rstudio/download/#download

Workshop Format

The workshop involves a mix of slides, collaborative hands-on material and exercises.

Location, Date and Time

Tuesday, 12 March 2019, 9.00 am - 3.00 pm

All registered participants will be informed of the location by email one week before the event.

Fees and Registration

This workshop is open to a limited number of participants. The registration deadline is 26 February 2019.

Please note that you should notify us before the registration deadline if you are unable to attend the workshop. Otherwise the full fee will be charged.
Please let the Personnel Development and Planning Office know if you will not be attending. There are often waiting lists for the workshops, and this will give one of your colleagues the chance to attend. In addition, if we can fill the vacancy with someone from the waiting list, no cancellation charges will apply for you.

To sign up for this workshop, please click "Register" at the bottom of this page. For any further information please contact Elke Rittersbacher (elke.rittersbacher@wu.ac.at, DW 4448).

The course fee is €20.

Trainer

Dr. Takuya Yanagida is a Senior Scientist at the Faculty of Psychology at the University of Vienna. He regularly gives workshops and courses at universities and research institutes in Austria, Germany, Switzerland, and Japan on various topics in quantitative methods, e.g., multilevel modeling, structural equation modeling, longitudinal data analysis or missing data. His areas of research are in evaluation research, quantitative methods and psychometrics, e.g. methodological challenges related to statistical conclusion validity in program evaluation.