Introduction to R

13th May 2025

Duration: Half-Day Course - all course material will be made available 7 days in advance and for 2 weeks afterwards

Mode: Online with recorded lectures followed by live question & answer sessions and live faculty-led computer practical sessions

This course is aimed at researchers who require a basic understanding of R software as part of their research studies. It is suitable for those who have no previous experience of R, as well as those seeking to refresh their skills.

R is a language and environment for statistical computing and graphics. It is available as free software and compiles and runs on Windows, MacOS, and a wide variety of UNIX platforms and similar systems. This half-day course includes lectures and computer practical, and aims to give its delegates experience of using the software.

Course Description

What will delegates learn?

By the end of this course delegates will have an understanding of:
• How to use command line to run code
• Various functions to read in, summarise and analyse data
• How to get help within R

What does the course cover?

• Data structure
• Reading data into R
• Summarising data via graphs and hypothesis tests
• Logistic regression
• Help commands and finding further assistance

Statistical knowledge will not be covered as part of the course – the focus instead will be on using R to undertake basic statistical commands. The course will consist of 2 short lectures, each followed by a practical session.