R workshop series: 4. It's the end of base R as you know it

Hello all,

For the first three workshops of the series we've embarked on an R crash course. In it we've dabbled with some essential base R, looked at ways of understanding and solving help messages, and used the ggplot2 package to get a handle on using some tidyverse functions with the resultant graphical outputs as a virtual pat-on-the back for this!

The focus of this workshop will be further exploration of other core packages that help comprise the tidyverse.

This workshop will look to:

A: Give a little more detail using the readr package. To date we've been importing our data from a basic excel spreadsheet. What do we do if the data is stored as a text file? How can we import data files generated using other statistical programs? What do we do if there is metadata in the file? readr has the answers to some of these questions. We'll also explore solutions that can be be found in other packages.

B: Introduce the tidyr package. We introduced some tidyr functions back in the first workshop. Now we'll return to tidyr and look to expand on what we know with some further examples that will help turn "messy" data into tidy data.

C: Introduce the dplyr package. Whether working with your own data, or with data you've been given, you'll often need to create new variables, reorder the data, generate summaries etc. dplyr is your one stop shop for this.

Note: Places this workshop are already allocated. If you wish to be notified of future workshops, send an email to b.palmer@ucc.ie to register your interest