BRWN-200008 - Introduction to the R Statistical Programming Language & Environment

Registration deadline: June 7th 15 CEUs/CPH units   This course will introduce students to the fundamentals of the R language and RStudio environment. The course will begin with how to obtain and install R and RStudio, import data, create descriptive statistics, and plot simple graphics. Next, we will delve into data structures and classes, data manipulation and management, and common data analyses (t-tests, ANOVAs, correlations, regressions, etc.). During the final sessions, students will explore R's graphics capabilities and use some of the publishing tools built into RStudio in order to learn how to generate reproducible research.   Note: This class presupposes a working knowledge of statistics and previous experience working with a statistical software package. Students should have passed a basic statistics class and previous experience with SAS, SPSS, Stata, or otherwise using basic quantitative statistics skills within the last 5 years.   Class size is limited to 25.   $650 General admission**   **Available discount class code may be entered during check out for the following: SI001 - $450 Non-profit/government employees (1st Summer Institute class) SI002 - $400 Non-profit/government employees (Additional Summer Institute classes) This class will include both degree-seeking graduate students and practicing professionals. Individuals registering through Professional Development will receive continuing education units - but not academic credit - for the class.   Recommended reading purchase of R Data for Science is optional.