Workshop: Basic R (in English)

Date: 13 Sep 2023 (Wed) & 20 Sep 2023 (Wed) & 27 Sep 2023 (Wed)

Time: 14:30 - 17:00

Venue: M403 / Online via Zoom

Target Audience: All Students

Medium of Instruction: English

• Understand the installation and user interface of RStudio (integrated development environment (IDE) for the R programming language)
• Understand the fundamental R programming concepts and operations, which are essential skills for data science professionals
• Load and save data in R with various file formats, and familiarize with managing data frames which is the most common way of storing data in R and, generally, is the data structure most often used for data analyses.
• Understand R functions and write simple R code easily and efficiently with the help of ChatGPT.
• Hands-on coursework will be provided to practice your skill.

• Lesson 1 (13 Sep)
  - Overview of R programming language
  - Installation and introduction to RStudio IDE
  - R Packages
  - Variables & Data Types
  - Basic string operations
  - Basic operators

• Lesson 2 (20 Sep)
  - Data structures
  - Control structures
    > Decision making
    > Loops
  - Functions
• Lesson 3 (27 Sep)
  - Load/Save Data in R
  - Managing data frame