An introduction to R; a mathematical and statistical modelling language used extensively in data analysis and Big Data.
This 3-day course is designed for anyone planning to work with larger Big Data solutions or Machine Learning, or for those studying a vendor specific path, such as Microsoft SQL Server.
By attending this course you will learn how to write programmes using R to create effective statistical outputs and to visualize data using R’s library.
Target audience: Aimed at all who wish to learn the R programming language.
no prior knowledge of R is assumed;
delegates should already be familiar with basic programming concepts such as variables, scope and functions;
experience of another scripting language such as Python or Perl would be an advantage.
Program:
R: Intro
R: Data
R: Containers
R: Higher Dimensions
R: Flow
R: Functions
R: Text
R: Plotting
Data Science and Exploration in R
At the end of the course attendees will know:
fundamentals of R programming language;
R data types, containers, arrays, flow control and functions;
R text manipulation;
R visualisation packages;
how to perform data exploration and analysis with R.
At the end of the course attendees will be able to:
write R programs for manipulating and analysing data;