Detailed information about the course
Title | An Introduction to R - Module 1 - Swiss Institute in Statistical Genetics |
Dates | 26 - 29 August 2014 |
Responsable de l'activité | Jérôme Goudet |
Organizer(s) | A joint course with the Doctoral Program in Organismal Biology |
Speakers | Prof. Jérôme Goudet, University of Lausanne (CH) |
Description | 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. |
Location |
University of Lausanne |
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Credits | 2 |
Evaluation | Written examination during the last hour of the course. |
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THE COURSE IS FULL!!!! Registrations are closed. Currently 32 people on waiting list. |
Expenses | Course attendance: 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. |
Registration | 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. |
Places | 30 |
Deadline for registration | 14.07.2014 |