Course on "Introduction to exploratory data analysis in R"

The DISRUPTIVE project, as part of its training activities, is organising the course: "Introduction to exploratory data analysis in R". This course will use the R language and the RStudio platform for the exploration, processing and analysis of data, with the aim of generating reports and graphs.

The registration period will be open from 08 to 18 February 2022 and must be done through the following.

The course will be taught by researcher Fernando Feijoo from the University of Burgos and researchers Alexandre Júnior and Jonas Queiroz from the Polytechnic Institute of Bragança.

The course has a total duration of 5 hours divided into three online units, which will be developed through sessions on the Zoom Meeting platform, according to the following training programme: 

Unit-1 (21 February 2022, from 5 to 7 pm WET [Lisbon-PT]):

  • Introduction to the R language and the RStudio platform: main concepts and advantages of the R language, installation and familiarisation with the RStudio environment.
  • Introduction to graphics generation.

Unit-2 (22 February 2022, from 17:00 to 18:30 WET [Lisbon-PT]):

  • Introduction to dataframe transformation.
  • Development of practical activities related to the generation of graphs.

Unit-3 (23 February 2022, from 17:00 to 18:30 WET [Lisbon-PT]):

  • Use of markdown language to generate reports.
  • Development of practical activities on dataframe transformation, charting and report generation.

The course is aimed at students and professionals in the fields of engineering, computer science, finance, management and precision agriculture, who are interested in or work with data analysis. No previous knowledge of programming is required. Language: Spanish/Portuguese.

Further details will be sent by email after the end of the registration period.

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