Introduction to R

  • Sheffield - 20th September 2018
  • 09:30am - 5pm
  • Pam Liversidge Design Studio 1 - D06

Course Data

  • Please download and extract (un-zip) this zip file into the directory on your computer that you wish to work in

Materials

Software installation

You will need to bring an internet-enabled laptop to the course and install the latest versions of both R and RStudio before coming to the course

Windows

Install R by downloading and running this .exe file from CRAN. Also, please install the RStudio IDE. Note that if you have separate user and admin accounts, you should run the installers as administrator (right-click on .exe file and select “Run as administrator” instead of double-clicking). Otherwise problems may occur later, for example when installing R packages.

Mac

Install R by downloading and running this .pkg file from CRAN. Also, please install the free RStudio IDE

Linux

You can download the binary files for your distribution from CRAN. Or you can use your package manager (e.g. for Debian/Ubuntu run sudo apt-get install r-base and for Fedora run sudo yum install R). Also, please install free the RStudio IDE.

Overview

R is a highly-regarded, free, software environment for statistical analysis, with many useful features that promote and facilitate reproducible research.

In this course, we give an introduction to the R environment and explain how it can be used to import, manipulate and analyse tabular data.

After the course you should feel confident to start exploring your own dataset using the materials and references provided.

Who should attend this course?

Researchers in life sciences who want to get started using R for their data analysis

Objectives:- After this course you should be able to:

  • Import data and plot graphs
  • Create a documented and reproducible piece of R code
  • Know how to develop your skills in R after the course

Aims:- During this course you will learn about:

  • The RStudio interface to R
  • The many ways to access help about R
  • Basic object types in R
  • Importing tabular data into R
  • Manipulating data in R with dplyr
  • Using in-built functions
  • Basic Plotting in ggplot2
  • Customizing plots
  • Creating reproducible reports in R

Prerequisites

  • No prior programming experience is required, but those attending should be able to use a plain text editor.

Instructors

  • Mark Dunning, Bioinformatics Core Director
  • Anna Krystalli, Research Software Engineer
  • Wenbin Wei, SITraN
  • Manoela Mollinari, Animal and Plant Sciences

Timetable (provisional)

  • 09:30 - 11:00 R basics
  • 11:00 - 12:30 Dealing with Data
  • 12:30 - 13:30 LUNCH (not provided)
  • 13:30 - 14:30 Dealing with Data (continued)
  • 14:30 - 16:00 Plotting
  • 16:00 - 17:00 Summarising and joining

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References


For queries relating to collaborating with the Bioinformatics Core team on projects: bioinformatics-core@sheffield.ac.uk

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Requests for a Bioinformatics support clinic can be made via the Research Software Engineering (RSE) code clinic system. This is monitored by Bioinformatics Core staff, so we will ensure the appropriate expertise (which may involve individuals from multiple teams) will be available to help you

Queries regarding sequencing and library preparation provision at The University of Sheffield should be directed to the Multi-omics facility in SITraN or the Genomics Laboratory in Biosciences.