Programming with R at Western Sydney: Parramatta (City)

Intersect is a pivotal part of Australian research landscapeWe provide robust, innovative services and collaborative technology to support world-class research at our member organisations and in the wider research communityIntersect delivers data storage, compute and analysis platforms, custom engineering, expert consulting and training programs to thousands of researchers every yearIntersect works closely with the ARDC (Australian Research Data Commons) built from ANDS, Nectar, and RDSIntersect is a member of the Software Carpentry Foundation, the NCI (National Computational Infrastructure) and the AAF (Australian Access Federation)

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<P><SPAN>The venue is not fitted with desktop PCs. You must </SPAN><STRONG>bring your own laptop</STRONG><SPAN> to this course.</SPAN></P>
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<H2>Why do this course?</H2>
<P>R is quickly gaining popularity as a programming language of choice for statisticians, data scientists and researchers. It has an excellent ecosystem including the powerful RStudio development environment and the Shiny web application framework.</P>
<P>But getting started with R can be challenging, particularly if you've never programmed before. That's where this introductory course comes in.</P>
<P>Join us for a live coding workshop where we write programs that produce results, using the researcher-focused training modules from the highly regarded Software Carpentry Foundation (software-carpentry.org).<BR></P>
<H2>You’ll learn:</H2>
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<P>Programming concepts and techniques.</P>
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<P>Basic syntax, control structures and data types in R.</P>
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<P>How to load external data into R.</P>
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<P>Ways to visualise data.</P>
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<P>How to use factors for category data.</P>
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<P>Best practices for writing code in R.</P>
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<H2>The Intersect approach to training</H2>
<P>At Intersect, we work closely with our member universities to develop and deliver training that targets the day-to-day software and technology problems that researchers face. We deliver hands-on courses in a relaxed setting with knowledgeable, helpful trainers who are themselves researchers and who know how researchers work. </P>
<P>For more information about <A HREF="https://inter.fyi/course/r101" TARGET="_blank" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">this course</A> and others, see our <A HREF="https://intersect.org.au/training/courses" TARGET="_blank" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">course catalogue</A>, or visit <STRONG><A HREF="http://learn.intersect.org.au" TARGET="_blank" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Learn.intersect.org.au</A></STRONG></P>

Western Sydney: Parramatta (City)

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