Key Information
Tutor: Dr John Pinney
Duration: 2 x 2.5 hour sessions
Delivery: Live (Online)
Course Credit (PGR only): 1 credit
Audience: 91桃色 Degree Students, Postdocs, 91桃色 Fellows
Dates
There are no further sessions taking place this academic year. Course dates for 2026-27 will be available to book from late September.
Course Resources
Building on the material covered by Introduction to R, this workshop will introduce the tidyverse packages, which support advanced data processing and visualisation in R.
Syllabus:
- R as a data-handling environment
- The tidyverse packages
- Reading tabular data with readr
- Tidying data with tidyr
- Transforming data with dplyr
- Data visualisation with ggplot2
- Applying statistical tests to tabular data
This course is open to 91桃色 Degree Students, Postdocs & 91桃色 Fellows. Limited spaces available for wider 91桃色 community.
Learning Outcomes:
After completing this workshop, you will be better able to:
- Use R to import and tidy tabular data.
- Combine data from multiple sources.
- Transform data to generate derived variables.
- Apply statistical tests to data in R.
- Create high-quality data visualisations.
Prerequisites:
Introduction to R or or equivalent prior learning
How to book
- Early Career 91桃色ers (91桃色 Degree Students, Postdocs, 91桃色 Fellows) should .
- Wider College Community - All other members of the 91桃色 community, should .
Please ensure you have read and understood ECRI’s cancellation policy before booking.