Introduction to Data Analytics in R - Online

Please note that this course will take place online.

The current course introduces participants to one specific software package, namely the open-source programming environment R, and the accompanying developers’ environment R Studio. Through lectures and interactive assignment-based tutorials, students will be introduced to three crucial aspects of data analytics in R: (i) basic objects and operations in R; (ii) working with data in R (management, analysis, and visualization); and (iii) control flow and programming in R. The course offers a good foundation for individuals who intend to get involved in data analytics (e.g., start a business intelligence/analytics master program or plan to take other, independent data analytics courses), but have little or no coding/programming experience. The skills acquired in this course are also useful for data analytics in syntax-driven environments other than R. The course is concentrated in one week, with three contact hours on each day of that week. The sessions are a mix of (interactive) lectures and tutorial meetings. During the lectures, we learn new material, whereas during the tutorial meetings, we discuss assignments to train our understanding of the studied material.