CRG Introduction to R July2017

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Description

This is an introductory course to R programming.
The course is offered in 3 slow-paced practicums for absolute beginners. The goal is to offer a good base with a lot of hands on exercises.
We will use R Studio on the server of the CRG.

Course Instructors


Dates, Time and Location

  • July 12, 13, 14, 2017.
  • 9:30 - 13:30.
  • PRBB Boinformatics classroom (468). 4th floor. The hotel/North wing.


Course Syllabus, Schedule, and Materials

  • Day 1
    • Introduction to R Studio
      We will use the R Studio server of the CRG. We will go through what can be done with R Studio, from file and folders manipulation/navigation, to getting help on R functions.
    • Basics of R

Syntax, special characters, create an object, manipulate the object, simple arithmetics.

    • Vectors

Basic (and most important) data structure in R. We will learn how to create, modify, subset, manipulate vectors.

    • Input / output

Reading in and writing out.

  • Day 2
    • Matrices & data frames

2-dimensional objects: how to create, subset, manipulate.

    • More on input / output

Reading in more complex files, different options to adapt to the input file. Writing out files the way you want to see your data.

  • Day 3: plotting
    • Basic plotting

Scatter plots, boxplots, barplots, pie plots, histograms.

    • Introduction to ggplot2 package

ggplot2 provides functions for creating and customizing plots. We will learn the basic structure and how to produce simple plots.

    • Input / output

How to save plots as files in different formats, both from R Studio and from the terminal.

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