An Introduction to R - CLOSED (2015)

1-4 June 2015

In collaboration with the Doctoral Program in Organismal Biology

Prof. Jérôme Goudet, University of Lausanne (CH)

Dr Christiane Bobillier, Université de Neuchâtel (CH)

Caroline Betto-Colliard, CUSO

Prof. Jérôme Goudet, University of Lausanne (CH)

The open source software R (http://www.r-project.org) has revolutionized the statistical data analysis for most bioscience disciplines.The required time to learn the R software is well invested, since the R environment covers an unmatched spectrum of statistical tools including an efficient programming language for automating time-consuming analysis routines. Due to its popularity, R is continuously updated and extended with the latest analysis tools that are available in the different research fields. The R environment is completely free and runs on all common operating systems.

This course provides an elementary-level introduction into the R environment covering the following topics:

(1) Command syntax, basic functions,

(2) Data import/export and data types,

(3) Using R for data mining and statistical analysis,

(4) Introduction to programming in S,

(5) Graphical display,

(6) Usage of R packages and libraries

The attendees will practice their newly learned skills using exercises on the computer. Participants could also bring their own data sets for a first exploratory round.

University of Lausanne

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Full attendance and active participation

When?
1-4 June 2015
09:00 - 12:00 and 13:00-17:00

Where?
University of Lausanne, Biophore, Amphitheater.

Information:
- Please bring your laptop to the course!

Questions?
Caroline Betto-Colliard
@: [email protected]
Phone: +41 (0)21 692 42 44

Course attendance:
Free for participants belonging to a CUSO University (UniBE, UniFR, UniGE, UniL & UniNE) and PhD students of the DP-biol. 400CHF for Academic participants 800CHF for Non-Academic participants PhD students of the DPEE are eligible for reimbursement of incurred travel expenses by train (half-fare card, and 2nd class) and meals. Please send the original tickets (no copies, except for the general abonnement) and receipts with the reimbursement form to Caroline Betto-Colliard. For PhD students of the DP-biol, please check the reimbursement conditions on the DP-Biol website.

CUSO PhD students: through your MyCUSO account.  External participants (non-CUSO PhD students, post-docs, etc...): use the icon "registration" at top of page and the last gray box "non-CUSO student" ("personne hors myCUSO").

Priority is given to PhD students of the DPEE and the DP-biol until May 1st, 2015.
After this deadline, first-come, first-served!

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