An Introduction to R - Module 1 - Swiss Institute in Statistical Genetics

26 - 29 August 2014

Jérôme Goudet

A joint course with the Doctoral Program in Organismal Biology
Prof. Jérôme Goudet, University of Lausanne (CH) & Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics

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 timeconsuming 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 2 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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Written examination during the last hour of the course.

When?
26-29 August 2014
8:30-12:00 and 13:30-17:00

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

THE COURSE IS FULL!!!! Registrations are closed. Currently 32 people on waiting list.

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 31th, 2014.
After this deadline, first-come, first-served!
Registration: CLOSED

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