Getting Started with R (In Person) 

Workshop Location: Upson 225

This is the first workshop in the three-part Essentials of R for Statistical Analysis workshop series. This series teaches the essential concepts and skills participants need to work with and analyze their own datasets in R. It is designed for people with little or no experience with programming or statistics. 

In this introductory workshop, participants will learn how to navigate R and RStudio, write basic R code, import and manipulate datasets, and create data visualizations.  

Before the workshop, please install R and RStudio by following the instructions at cscu.cornell.edu/installr. 

Topics include: 

• Interacting with R and RStudio 

• R coding basics 

• Loading data 

• Manipulating data 

• Visualizing data 

Instructor: Matt Thomas, Statistical Consultant, Cornell Statistical Consulting Unit (CSCU)