This introduction course is for everyone who wants to (re)learn the basics of the programming language R needed for data handling. This is useful for those new to R, or for those who have worked with R but never got the chance to learn the basics themselves.

1. INTRODUCTION TO R AND RSTUDIO
2. R ESSENTIALS/BASICS
3. READING DATA FROM FILES (using readr and openxlsx)
4. DATA TRANSFORMATIONS (using dplyr and tidyr)
5. EXPLORATORY DATA ANALYSIS: GRAPHICS (using ggplot2)
6. EXPLORATORY DATA ANALYSIS: DESCRIPTIVE STATISTICS
7. STATISTICAL TESTS (how to run the tests, not how to interpret them)
8. WHAT’S MORE (Other useful packages and more classical Programming)

None - but a dream of what you’d like to do with R would be nice.

Please note R has a steep learning curve. Expect you’ll need 2-4 hours between sessions to prepare for the next one and plan accordingly. Please be kind to yourself and allow yourself at least 48 hours to complete the course.

Please, fill out this form to enroll. Late enrollments are fine, but please also contact the teacher to not risk being overlooked. You can unenroll until 8 days prior to the first session. The participants will be mailed the course material a few days prior to the course. For more info you can mail Theo van Mourik (t.j.van.mourik@rug.nl).

Prices for individuals:

• Student at RUG, other Dutch University or Hanze Hogeschool €100

• PHD at Dutch University €300

• Employee RUG or other Dutch university/UMCG/Hanze Hogeschool €650

• RUG Alumni €650

• Other participants: €1250

Prices for groups joining the course:

• 20 or more PHD’s €200pp (minimum price of €4.000)

• 10 or more Employees €400 pp (minimum price of €4.000)

• 20 or more Employees €250 pp (minimum price of €5.000)

• 5 or more others €1.000 pp (minimum price of €5.000, we’ll also need to send a separate contract for this)

When enrolling a group of participants, you need to report a single financial contact person/kostenplaatsnummer and the mailing addresses of all participants. You can enroll a group with the normal enrollment link.

You can also order a custom course and discuss dates, audience and content. For more information mail Theo van Mourik (t.j.van.mourik rug.nl). This is also possible within the curriculum.

Below are the dates and times of the next known Introduction to R-course(s). The content of these courses is the same each time. If these dates don’t suit you and you want to be notified on future courses please mail me (Theo van Mourik, t.j.van.mourik rug.nl).

November 2023 – 2 week course

All sessions take 4 hours and take 3-4 hours of preparation each. All presentations will be given via the online classroom Blackboard collaborate (no account needed). Even if sessions would be onsite, you can always choose to join online. All presentations will be recorded and recordings will be available for about 6 months after the course. You’ll receive a certificate of attendance for attending 5 of 6 sessions or (if you prefer) after completing a final assignment.

Session - Date - Your Preparation

1 - Mon Nov 20th 9:00-13:00 - Install R and R studio or start in UWP/VRW

2 - Wed Nov 22nd 9:00-13:00 - H 1 – 2.7 Intro and Basics

3 - Fri Nov 24th 9:00-13:00 - H2.8 – H 3 Basics and import Data

4 - Mon Nov 27th 9:00-13:00 - H 4 Working with tables

5 - Wed Nov 29th 9:00-13:00 - H5 Graphs

6 - Fri Dec 1st 9:00-13:00 - H 6 – 8 Descriptives, tests, programming

January - February

We’ll probably plan an Introduction to R course at the start of the new year, but we have no dates set yet. If you want to be kept up to date and/or have suggestions, please mail: Theo van Mourik, (t.j.van.mourik@rug.nl).

March 2024 – 12 week evening course

This evening course is a yearly tradition by now; set up specifically for Life-Long-Learners who work all day, but still want to learn R. To accommodate for the late hour this course will be given more light-heartedly. We’ll make it ‘gezellig’. If it helps, during the presentations, some key words can be translated to Dutch and of course participants can ask their questions in Dutch as well if that is easier for them.

All sessions take 2 hours on Tuesday evenings from 19:00-21:00 and take 1-2 hours of preparation each. All presentations will be given via Blackboard collaborate and can be followed online. Even if sessions would be onsite, you can always choose to join online. All presentations will be recorded and recordings will be available for about 6 months after the course. You’ll receive a certificate of attendance for attending 9 of 12 sessions or (if you prefer) after completing a final assignment.

Each week we’ll join online on Tuesdays. Sessions 1 and 7 are hybrid. On those sessions you can still join online, but you can also join in the classroom at Zernike in Groningen (to be announced).

Session - Date & Time - Your preparation

1 - 5-Mar 19:00 - 21:00 Hybrid - Install R and R studio

2 - 12-Mar 19:00 - 21:00 - H1-H2.3 Intro and Basic vectors

3 - 19-Mar 19:00 - 21:00 - H2.8 dataframes, factors and formulas

4 - 26-Mar 19:00 - 21:00 - H2 – H 3.1Read and write CSV

5 - 2-Apr 19:00 - 21:00 - H3 (optional time to catch up)

6 - 9-Apr 19:00 - 21:00 - H4.4 Dplyr, filter, select, summarise

7 - 16-Apr 19:00 - 21:00 Hybrid - H4 Tidyr, join and restructure tables

8 - 23-Apr 19:00 - 21:00 - H5.4 Basic graph

No session 30-Apr 19:00 - 21:00 May holiday

9 7 - May 19:00 - 21:00 - H5 Graph with extra's

10 - 14-May19:00 - 21:00 - H6 Descriptives

11 - 21-May19:00 - 21:00 - H7 Statistical tests

12 - 28-May19:00 - 21:00 - H8 Extra's and programming

For more information on this or similar courses, please mail the teacher, Theo van Mourik t.j.van.mourik@rug.nl