A Beginner's Guide to Programming and Data Analysis with R and BASH
Virtual
In this hands-on workshop, participants will learn about R and Unix/Linux command line tools that are available for processing different types of data sets.
Given the increasing amount of data being generated today, programmatic data analysis is an important skill for a wide range of fields. The R programming language and Unix/Linux command line can be powerful tools for analyzing data on their own. Even more powerfully, the huge variety of R and command line tools can be used together with scripting to create custom pipelines to analyze large or complex data sets.
This workshop begins with a walkthrough of essential programming and scripting techniques for data analysis automation using R and Unix/Linux command line tools, and includes an introduction to best practices in both programming and data analysis
Prerequisites
- No prior programming or data analysis experience is required.
- Please install RStudio in advance of the session.
- Also, for Windows 10 users (not applicable for Mac users), please install the Ubuntu terminal.
Presented by: Elizabeth Brooks, NFCDS Pedagogy Fellow, graduate student, Department of Biological Sciences
Learn more about the NFCDS Pedagogy Fellowship.
