This standalone online course is run by the Researcher Academy

Target Audience: R is a free, popular language and environment that allows powerful and fast manipulation of data, offering many statistical and graphical options. The Moodle resource contains the practical workbook resources for the R course. The resources can be worked through at your own place and it is recommended for those who want to learn the basics of R programming through self-study. It aims to introduce R as a tool for statistics and graphics, with the main aim to become comfortable with the R environment.

Description: This set of resources will focus on entertaining and manipulating data in R and producing graphs. Basic statistics will be briefly introduced, important and useful statistical functions will be covered in detail. No prior programming experience is needed.

This course includes the following topics:

- Introduction to the R platform and interface
- Dealing with various data objects such as vector, matrix and data frame
- R Environment
- Statistics in R
- R Graphics 

Learning Outcomes: 
- Become familiar with R Programming environment and basic functions of R
- Know how to deal with different types of data
- Know how to use R to do basic descriptive analysis and graphical presentations
- Know how to perform basic statistical tests and interpret the results.

Equipment Required: 
To complete this course, you will need to work through the booklets and exercises in R. You will be required to download R to your PC/Laptop and be able to access the workbooks whilst working through the exercises in R.

Process: 

This is a standalone(self-study) online course.

This course is delivered entirely online via Moodle and is self-study. You may access the course as often as you like until the end of the academic year.

Researchers across all 3 campuses can self-enrol on this course.

Accessibility:

The following table shows a summary of what is needed to participate in the course. 

If you feel you will experience any difficulties participating, please let us know via the ‘special requirements’ tab, providing as much information as possible. The special requirements tab can be completed when you book your place. Alternatively, you can contact us directly at ra-training@nottingham.ac.uk.

Course open throughout the year
Access to Moodle
Engage with online materials
Undertake and submit an assessment at the end of the course (to be marked as attended on course register)