Overview: [Dublin] Introduction to the Tidyverse Toolkit for R
We are delighted to have Kevin O'Brien back to mentor a beginner-friendly R workshop introducing the tidyverse toolkit. You will need to bring your laptop (and don't forget charger), and have R installed.
- Organiser
- Vicky Twomey-Lee
- Mentor(s)
- Kevin O'Brien
- Level
- Beginners
- Pre-requisites
- 👇 See FAQ for additional info
- Price
- €10
- Location
- Microsoft Ireland, Auditorium, Block B, Atrium Building, Carmanhall Road, Sandyford Industrial Estate, Dublin 18 Dublin, Ireland
- When
- Sat Mar 25, 2017 (11:00) - Sat Mar 25, 2017 (17:00)
More info [Dublin] Introduction to the Tidyverse Toolkit for R
We are delighted to have Kevin O'Brien back to mentor a beginner-friendly R workshop introducing the tidyverse toolkit. You will need to bring your laptop (and don't forget charger), and have R installed.
We are delighted to have Kevin O'Brien back to mentor a beginner-friendly R workshop introducing the tidyverse toolkit.
You will need to bring your laptop (and don't forget charger), and have the following installed:
- R - https://cran.r-project.org/
- RStudio - https://www.rstudio.com/
- For those using Macs, make sure you install XQuartz, this is a big download - http://xquartz.macosforge.org/landing/
The workshop will be broken down into four segments.
- Fundamentals of R : using the R environment, CRAN, working with R packages
- Data Manipulation with dplyr :
- Data Visualization with ggplot2 :
- A crash course on R for Statistics: We might not get to spend too much time on this, but here we will look at running some straightforward statistical procedures with R: t-tests, variance tests, cluster analysis, testing normality etc
The materials will be on-line at RWorkshop.github.io.
Running order:
- 10:30 Registration
- 11:00 Workshop
- 13:00 Lunch
- 14:00 Workshop
- 17:00 Workshop ends
Frequently asked questions
- Additional info for this workshop
Q. What do I need to bring?
Your laptop (and don't forget charger).
Q. Do I need to have anything installed before the workshop?
Yes, please have the following installed:
- Have R installed - https://cran.r-project.org/
- RStudio - https://www.rstudio.com/
- For those using Macs, make sure you install XQuartz, this is a big download - http://xquartz.macosforge.org/landing/
Q. How do I get there?
Microsoft Ireland's location page has information on how to get there by car or public transportation: https://www.microsoft.com/ireland/contact/directions.html
Q. Is there parking?
There should be free parking around the business park, follow this google map street view link, this shop is quite near to the Microsoft venue where the workshop is taking place.
- Here's some info about our awesome mentor(s).
- 🌈 Kevin O'Brien
PhD Candidate in Statistics, who has been teaching R in the university of Limerick for 4 years. Also an organizer of the Dublin R user group ,with specific responsibility for workshops.
- Q. A lot of our events are female-friendly events, we have enquiries asking if other genders are welcome as well?
- YES. You are welcome. Events we run or partner in are diversity friendly. If you have any questions, feel free to contact us at contact@codinggrace.com.
- More info about our supporters
- More about the organiser
- Vicky Twomey-Lee
- Pythonista, but normally found organising various tech events, and now heavily involved in diversity initiatives like Coding Grace, PyLadies Dublin, and Women in Technology and Science (WITS Ireland).You can contact the organiser at: vicky@codinggrace.com
- If you have any other general questions:
- Email: contact@codinggrace.com
🌈 A huge thanks to our supporter(s) and partner(s) 🌈
