Introduction to Statistical Computing with the R Programming Language
Schedule
Wed Dec 10 2025 at 02:00 pm to 05:00 pm
Location
Wilmington Public Library (Jacob Broom Meeting Room) | Wilmington, DE
About this Event
This face-to-face short course outlines how to get started with the R programming language
This half-day session equips attendees with a broad & unintimidating overview of how to approach quantitative research tasks on a wide variety of topics including data science, geospatial analysis, graphical visualization, epidemiology & clinical trials, econometrics & actuarial science, database engineering, experiment design, natural language processing, medical imaging, !
Learning Outcomes
- R programming introduction with hands-on coding and scripting - beginners are welcome!!
- Familiarity with the open source community that built this powerful computing technology, with comparisons to a range of alternatives like Python, C++, JavaScript, Stata, HTML, Microsoft Excel
- Understanding the CRAN package ecosystem like data.table, the tidyverse, superfast SQL duckdb
Agenda
?: 02:00 PM - 02:45 PM
Discussion of Statistical Computing with the R Programming Language
Info: What does free & open source software really mean, who created the R project, who uses it, and why?
?: 02:45 PM - 03:30 PM
Hands-on Session and Getting Started with R
Info: How do R users interact with the windows on the screen, save our work, share methods, & publish results?
?: 03:30 PM - 03:30 PM
BREAK FOR SNACKS!
?: 03:30 PM - 04:15 PM
Conversation about Learning Resources and Additional Uses of R
Info: Where do interested individuals seek help, troubleshoot, advance our own discipline-specific R expertise?
?: 04:15 PM - 05:00 PM
Hands-on Session with R Coding and Scripting
Info: Which R commands access the rows & columns of a table of data faster than point-and-click spreadsheets?
Where is it happening?
Wilmington Public Library (Jacob Broom Meeting Room), 10 East 10th Street, Wilmington, United StatesEvent Location & Nearby Stays:
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