Workshop Description
R (www.r-project.org) is a free software environment for statistical computing and graphics. First, this workshop introduces basic concepts, syntax, and usage in R programming, statistical analysis, and visualization techniques. We will conduct hands-on tutorials throughout the session, giving attendees a chance to see R in action.
This workshop is geared toward those with little or no prior experience with R. Next, this workshop covers an introduction to Bioconductor (www.bioconductor.org), which provides tools for the analysis of high throughput genomic data. If you are interested in any particular R/Bioconductor topic, please contact the instructor in advance; effort will be made to cover topics of general interest.
Day 1
Basic R
- Introduction to R and RStudio
- Basic arithmetic and math
- Common data structures such as: vectors, matrices, and data frames
Slides for day 1 can be found here.
Day 2
Intermediate R
- List data structures
- Reading/writing data frames
- Conditional statements
- Loop statements
- Functions
Slides for day 2 can be found here.
Day 3
Bioconductor
- How to install Bioconductor packages
- Differential gene expression with edgeR
- Plotting basics
Slides for day 3, can be found here.
Technical Requirements
- R: https://cran.r-project.org/mirrors.html
- R Studio: https://www.rstudio.com/
- We strongly encourage attendees to bring a laptop capable of accessing UCLA’s WiFi.
Instructors
Reviews
This course was perfect for my level (never used R before).
I had some familiarity with R, but the use of boolean functions was new very useful to me. This is exactly what I was hoping for, i.e. learn some new ‘R tricks’, thank you for the excellent course and keep up the great work!
Excellent workshop! I attended other R workshops in the past, but this was by far the clearest and most useful. Well done!
This is one of the best instructional seminars I have attended at UCLA – bravo to the instructor!
Really clear, nicely paced, and provided a really supportive environment in which to ask questions. Would definitely recommend.
Class was very well organized and the instructors were amazing!
Workshop Details
Prerequisites: None
Length: 3 days, 2.5 hrs per day
Level: Introductory
Location: Collaboratory Classroom (Boyer Hall, 529)
Seats Available: 28
Winter 2019 Dates
January 22, 23, and 24, 2019
9:00 AM – 12:00 PM