Transferable Skills Course: Data Analysis with R

To register for this course, please email imprs-bac@molgen.mpg.de.

Schedule

This course will take place online. There are two group sessions and one 1:1 session with the trainer:

• 6th of April, 9.30 - 11.30
• 8th of April, 9.30 - 11.30
• 11th of April: 1:1 session (half-hour time slot)
  

Two weeks before the first group session you will receive access to the course material, which you will need to work through before the group sessions. This should take about 1-2 hours of your time per day.

Content

Operate R using variables, functions, indexing and packages.

• Import your own data regardless of size or format.
• Perform standard statistical tests on large data-sets.
• Produce plots and highlight specific data-points.
• Begin programming in R using the apply functions.
• Use split-combine-apply strategies for calculations and data manipulation.
• Begin to adopt a bioinformatician’s perspective.

You can find an extensive description of the course and its prerequisites here.

Before signing up for this workshop, please make sure that you can attend all the dates and write them in your calendar. If you do not show up or cancel at very short notice, other interested students will not be able to participate.