Introduction to Reproducible Analyses in R, February 2025
Learn to experiment with R to make analyses and figures more reproducible.
Details
When? Wednesday 12 February 2025, 10:00 to 12:00
Where? Online via Zoom
CPD Approved This event is approved for CPD
* This course contributes to the Royal Society of Biology's Industry Skills Certificate
Overview
Who is this course for?
Prerequisites
Learning Outcomes:
- By the end of this workshop, participants will be able to:
- Understand the concepts of working directories, and absolute and relative paths, and set up projects in R.
- Import data from common external formats (e.g., .csv and .xlsx).
- Download and install R packages (primarily from CRAN but also other sources e.g Bioconductor)
- Gain familiarity with key tidyverse packages, including dplyr and ggplot2.
- Tidy and prepare data for analysis using dplyr.
- Create a variety of plots (e.g., histograms, bar plots, scatter plots, box plots) using both base R and ggplot2.
- Conduct basic statistical analyses in R, including descriptive statistics, chi-squared tests, and ANOVAs.
- Become familiar with Quarto notebooks and understand their role in enhancing reproducibility in data science.
Course Tutors
Certification and Continuing Professional Development (CPD)
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This event has been approved by the Royal Society of Biology for purposes of CPD and can be counted as 12 CPD points.
Professional Registers
This course supports registers competencies and has been identified as supporting competency development for: Registered Scientist (RSci).Competency area:
- Application of knowledge and understanding
Fees
Get in touch with training@rsb.org.uk to access these rates:
- Members of Member Organisations, SCAS members - £180 +VAT
- Non-members who have completed a membership application and made payment - £120 + VAT
Contact
For further information about the course please contact Emily Lunn, training and registers officer, at training@rsb.org.uk or on 020 3925 3447.Refunds
Terms and Conditions
Code of Conduct
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