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Getting Started with R

This course is the first part of a larger 3-part course designed for novices.

Material covered in Part 1 focuses 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.

Lessons

  1. April 22, 2025 - Introduction to R and RStudio
  2. April 24, 2025 - Basics of R Programming: R Objects and Data Types
  3. April 29, 2025 - Basics of R Programming: Vectors
  4. May 1, 2025 - Introduction to R Data Structures: Data Import
  5. May 6, 2025 - R Data Structures: Data Frames

Required Course Materials

This course will use R on Biowulf. 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.