Course Details

R programming

Course description

In this course you will learn how to program in R and how to use R for effective data analysis. You will learn how to install and configure software necessary for a statistical programming environment, discuss generic programming language concepts as they are implemented in a high-level statistical language. The course covers practical issues in statistical computing which includes programming in R, reading data into R, accessing R packages, writing R functions, debugging, and organizing and commenting R code.

Course outline

• Week 1: Overview of R, R data types and objects, reading and writing data
• Week 2: Control structures, functions, scoping rules, dates and times
• Week 3: Loop functions, debugging tools
• Week 4: Simulation, code profiling