Introduction to R - Two Half-Days Course

Biostatistics @ UHN is pleased to offer the Fall 2024 R Workshop Series.

R is a powerful, freely available programming language designed for statistical analysis and data visualization. Its flexibility and capability of supporting reproducible and transparent research has made it increasingly popular amongst health researchers.

Day 1: Thursday, October 10, 9:00am - 12:30pm
Day 2: Friday, October 11, 9:00am - 12:30pm

In this in-person interactive workshop, you will be guided through an introduction to R. Our workshop is designed to provide you with a practical understanding of R’s capabilities, focusing on its application in health-related research. Throughout the workshop, you will be guided through the foundational aspects of R and RStudio, learning to navigate the programming environment effectively using real-world examples. We will cover essential topics to help you get started with R, including:

• Overview of the RStudio environment and its features
• Basic R concepts, including objects, assignment, functions, vectors and data frames
• Importing data, basic data manipulation and exporting results
• Figure creation, including box plots, histograms, scatter plots, Kaplan-Meier curves
• Overview of simple statistical analyses, e.g. t-tests, chi-squared tests
• Introduction to "tidyverse" language
  By the end of the workshop, we aim to equip you with the foundation to enhance your research productivity and accuracy, empowering you to tackle data analysis and visualization tasks with confidence.

Participants will be expected to have some basic knowledge of statistics, but are not expected to be familiar with R. Participants must bring their own device onto which R Studio can be installed. R Studio installation instructions will be provided via e-mail prior to workshop.

Inquiries: [email protected]

Event Venue & Nearby Stays

Toronto General Hospital Eaton Building 10th Floor, Room 240, 200 Elizabeth Street, Toronto, Canada