/Rworkshop

Learn computer programming for ecological research using the R programming language.

Primary LanguageHTMLMIT LicenseMIT

Ecological Analysis with R

Location: Harvard Forest, Seminar Room

Instructors:

Goal: learn how to use the R programming language for ecological analysis.

Course Outline

  • Thursday, June 2 (8:30-10am): [Why R?] + [Getting setup] + [R as a second language] + [R Community = Packages + help?]
  • Thursday, June 9 (8:30-10am): [Coding basics] + [Analysis overview] + [Data entry] + [Data manipulation] + [Data Visualization]
  • Friday, June 17 (8:30-10am): [Stats and science] + [Results: organization and reporting] + [Life-long leaRning]
  • TBD: Optional Hacker Session 1 and 2 (e.g. GIS and mapping, iterative functions, accessing the Harvard Forest Archives, linear algebra, making Shiny or Leaflet apps)

Pre-requisites: experience with using basic computer software

Required Materials: laptop or access to some computing device

Readings

  • Getting started with R is a great, guided introduction to R. We recommend reading through this if you would like to get comfortable with some of the concepts beforehand.
  • Noble 2009 PLoS-CB gives a solid overview of how to organize the computer based part of a project.

!DISCLAIMER! This be not a statistics class! But, here are several great books and resources for learning statistics:

Resources