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Course Outline

Day One: Foundations of the Language

  • Course Overview
  • Understanding Data Science
    • Defining Data Science
    • The Data Science Workflow
  • Introduction to the R Language
  • Variables and Data Types
  • Control Structures (Loops and Conditionals)
  • R Scalars, Vectors, and Matrices
    • Creating R Vectors
    • Working with Matrices
  • String and Text Processing
    • Character data types
    • File Input/Output
  • Lists
  • Functions
    • Overview of Functions
    • Closures
    • Utilizing lapply/sapply
  • DataFrames
  • Hands-on Labs for each topic

Day Two: Intermediate R Programming

  • DataFrames and File I/O
  • Ingesting data from files
  • Data Preparation
  • Utilizing Built-in Datasets
  • Data Visualization
    • The Graphics Package
    • Using plot() / barplot() / hist() / boxplot() / scatter plot
    • Heat Maps
    • The ggplot2 package (qplot(), ggplot())
  • Exploratory Analysis with Dplyr
  • Hands-on Labs for each topic

Requirements

  • A foundational understanding of programming is advantageous

Target Audience

  • Data analysts
 14 Hours

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