Information for Participants

If you have never opened R, do not know what R packages are, do not know how to read files into R, this workshop is for you! At the end of this workshop you will:

• Know what R and RStudio are
• Know what the parts of R Studio are called
• Know how to organize R code in an R script

If your expertise is a bit higher than what is described above, but you are still very new to R, check out the Beginner R Part 2 workshop on September 26, 2024 at 1 pm.

This workshop will be one hour long, followed by an optional 30-minute practice period to reinforce what you learned or consult with the instructors. Workshop materials are available at https://ubc-library-rc.github.io/Beginner_R_Part1/

To make the most of the workshop please install R and RStudio ahead of time by following the instructions at https://ubc-library-rc.github.io/Beginner_R_Part1/content/installation.html

About this workshop series

Beginner R Part 1 is one in a series of R workshops offered by the UBC Library Research Commons. Each one-hour sesson introduces a particular task or application in R, followed by an optional 30-minute practice period with support from the instructors. The series' goal is to introduce participants to the data analysis and visualization potential of R and to encourage further self-paced exploration. Other workshops in the series offered this term are:

• Beginner R Part 2, September 26, 1-2 pm
• Introduction to the tidyverse R package, October 3, 1-2 pm
• Regular Expressions in R, October 10, 1-2 pm
• Data visualization with ggplot2, October 24, 10-11 am
• Using R Markdown, October 31, 2024, 10-11 am
• Loops and conditional statements in R, November 14, 1-2 pm

If you have any questions, concerns or accessibility needs please email research.commons@ubc.ca

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