This course is designed as a primer to get the complete novice up and running with the basic knowledge of how to use the statistical programming language R in an environment that emphasizes reproducible research and literate programming for data analysis. The target audience is anyone who wants to do their own data analysis. The course will cumulate with an peer-evaluated exploratory data analysis on either a pre-specified data set or your data set of choice.
| Section 01 | Section 02 | |
|---|---|---|
| Meeting Days/Times | TR 2-3:15 | TR 12:30-1:45 |
| Meeting Location | Holt 155 | Holt 155 |
By the end of the course, students will be able to
During the last week (or earlier) you will install R and R Studio on your personal computer (Mac/PC/*nix only). That way you can take what you’ve learned in this class and apply it to other classes. Both are free. Walk through installation instructions can be found here: https://norcalbiostat.netlify.com/post/software-overview/
For all CSU degree programs and courses bearing academic credit, the “credit hour” is defined as … not less than one hour of classroom or direct faculty instruction and a minimum of two hours of out-of-class student work each week for approximately fifteen weeks for one semester or trimester hour of credit.
This adds up to 15 hours in class, and 30 hours outside of class during these 5 weeks. That’s 3 hours in class, and 10 hours of homework per week. If you are new to programming and unfamiliar with computers, you may end up taking the entire time. Be sure to schedule sufficient time during week 5 to work on the project.
You will get out of this class what you put into it. Recall this is just a co-curriculuar or supplemental basic introductory class. You will not learn everything there is to know about R, nor likely not feel proficient by the time you are done. But you will be solidly on the path where you can continue to learn and improve.
Credit / No Credit. There are 100 points available in this course. You must earn 70 points to receive credit for the course.
The general outline of topics is listed below. A detailed most up to date schedule can be found on the course website.
This course only runs for a few weeks and all materials are available on the course website. It will be difficult to get caught up if you add the class after the first week. The last day to add or drop classes without special permission by the instructor is 9/7/18. No adds or drops are allowed after 9/21/18 without a serious and compelling reason approved by the instructor, department chair, and college dean.
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