Description

This online course is for absolute beginners in R who wish to learn the basics of a wide range of topics in base R.

R is a free to use open source software that is widely used for data visualisation, statistical analysis and mathematical modelling. At the end of this course you will be able to:

• understand the different components the RStudio console,
• create and save R scripts,
• comment R code,
• understand common R errors and warnings,
• read in data sets from external files,
• create summary tables and plots of data sets,
• perform basic data cleaning,
• write your own R function.

The course is made up of online notes with example R code, as well as exercises and quizzes. No prior knowledge of R is required.

This course has tutor support. Use the Q&A box to ask questions.