W3: Intro to R and Data Visualization

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 course is a pre-requisite for several other Collaboratory workshops.

This workshop is geared towards researchers who have little or no experience with R who want to get started with importing data into R and visualize it. This workshop will provide resources for data wrangling, visualization and cover principles and best-practices for robust and reproducible data visualization. If you are interested in any particular R/Data Visualization tool, please contact the instructor in advance and effort will be made to cover topics of community interest.

Technical Requirements

• Attendees will be asked to use a computer with R and Rstudio installed in order to participate in the coding component of the course.
• Install R: https://cran.r-project.org/mirrors.html
• Install R Studio: https://www.rstudio.com/

Dr. Ibraheem Ali is the Sciences Data Librarian based in the UCLA Louise M. Darling Biomedical Library. Ibraheem earned is B.S. in Biology at Fresno State University and his PhD Biomedical Sciences at University of California, San Francisco. His research background is in virology, regulation of gene expression and epigenetics in mammalian systems. In the library, Ibraheem is currently developing tools in R for interactive, reproducible scholarly communication and data analysis. He currently works closely with the UCLA Library Data Science Center and a number of other campus partners to organize and streamline computation support services across UCLA. Outside the lab, Ibraheem enjoys cooking, biking, dancing, collecting music and creating art. Email: ibraheemali@library.ucla.edu