Title An introduction to R
Instructor Dr. Martin Hutzenthaler, Prof. Dirk Metzler
Contents: R is a widely used tool for analysing data in biology. Therefore it is important to learn it. R is a free statistics software and can be downloaded from www.r-project.org. In the beginning of the course, we become familiar with R by typing in some simple commands. Then we learn how to simulate data and how to apply standard statistical tests. Necessary theoretical background will be provided in accompanying lectures. At the end of the course, students are going to be familiar with a selection of statistical features of R.
Time:
Winter semester 2011/12: March 1, 2012 and March 7 till March 16, 2012 (Mo-Fr, 9am - 5pm)
Lecture: 9.00-10.30
Exercise: 11.00-12.30
The afternoons are for preparing the exercises
The days from March 2 until March 6 are for the IRT conferences and their preparation
Room: C00.005 (March 1 and March 12 till March 16), G00.037 (March 7 till March 9)
Exam: The exam will be on March 16, 2012 from 2pm to (max) 4pm in room C00.005
Material:
Lecture notes: [pdf], [R commands](preliminary)
Exercises:Files: ccrt.txt, ChickWeightIncr.txt, deaths.txt, FinchesSulloway.txt, heartbeats.txt, lifespandata2.txt, lifespandata.txt, lifespandata.csv, lifespandataspace.csv, lifespandataspace.txt, miete03.txt, miete03.readme.txt, mite.txt, norovirus.fas, olympic.txt, olympic0.dat, olympic1.txt, olympic2.txt, olympic3.csv olympics.inch.txt olympics.meter.txt pchShow.pdf, R_intro.R, riscfactorsTable.txt, sequences.txt, studentgrades1.csv, studentgrades2.txt, studentsfile.txt, studentsnew1file.txt, studentsnew2file.txt, swarth.dat,
Links:
Requirements:
None.
Language
English (German if preferred by all attendees)
LSF-Link
An introduction to R (Lecture with exercises) (English)
Questions
Please send any questions to hutzenthaler@biologie.uni-muenchen.de