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Introductory R for Novices: Getting Started with R

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Introductory R for Novices: Getting Started with R

When: March 10, 2026 - March 24, 2026
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About this Course

This course, designed for novices, will introduce the foundational skills necessary to get started using R. The content for this course is similar to past introductory R courses, but the pace of the course will be much slower to benefit novices. 
 
Why learn R? R is a great resource for statistical analysis, data visualization, and report generation. R also provides packages and functions specific to the analysis of -omics data through efforts like Bioconductor.
 
This course is the first part of a larger 3-part course designed for novices:
 
Part 1: Getting Started with R 
Part 2: Introduction to Data Wrangling 
Part 3: Introduction to Data Visualization 
 
Topics covered in this course (Part 1) will focus on the basics of R Programming including getting started with R and RStudio, creating and manipulating R objects, and understanding and manipulating vectors and other data structures. 
 
This course will take place on T, Th, 2:00 - 3:00 PM. 
 
We will use R on Biowulf for this course. To use R on Biowulf, you must have an NIH HPC account. However, if you do not have Biowulf, this course can be taken using a local R installation. 
Description

This lesson will serve as a general introduction to R and RStudio. Attendees will explore the RStudio interactive development environment (IDE) and get started with R programming.  

This lesson will serve as a general introduction to R and RStudio. Attendees will explore the RStudio interactive development environment (IDE) and get started with R programming.  

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Tue, Mar 10, 2026 - 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm
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In this lesson, attendees will learn the most basic features of the R programming language. The focus will be on R syntax, R objects, and data types. 

In this lesson, attendees will learn the most basic features of the R programming language. The focus will be on R syntax, R objects, and data types. 

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Thu, Mar 12, 2026 - 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm
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In this lesson, attendees will continue to learn basic features of the R programming language. The focus of this lesson will be vectors, one of the most common object types in R. You will learn why vectors are useful and how to create, modify, and export vectors.

In this lesson, attendees will continue to learn basic features of the R programming language. The focus of this lesson will be vectors, one of the most common object types in R. You will learn why vectors are useful and how to create, modify, and export vectors.

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Tue, Mar 17, 2026 - 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm
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This lesson will introduce data structures including data frames and show attendees how to import data into the R environment. 

This lesson will introduce data structures including data frames and show attendees how to import data into the R environment. 

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Thu, Mar 19, 2026 - 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm
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This is the last lesson in Part 1 of Introductory R for Novices: Getting Started with R. This lesson will focus exclusively on working with data frames. Attendees will learn how to examine, summarize, and access data in data frames.  

This is the last lesson in Part 1 of Introductory R for Novices: Getting Started with R. This lesson will focus exclusively on working with data frames. Attendees will learn how to examine, summarize, and access data in data frames.  

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Tue, Mar 24, 2026 - 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm
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