Using ‘R’: An introductory course on statistical analysis and data visualisation
Unitec has phased out the SPSS statistical software, and replaced it with ‘R’ software effective from 1st of February, 2021. As part of the phase out plan, Tūāpapa Rangahau is offering a 2-day workshop on ‘R’ software. This will possibly be the last professional development offering for this software.
‘R’ is a free, open source statistical analysis and visualisation tool which is quickly gaining currency. In this workshop experts in ‘R’ will provide introductory training in its use. Access to the analytic power of ‘R’ requires a face-to-face introduction for the novice, since users must learn to work with a command line rather than a graphic user interface. After taking this workshop, participants will be able to make efficient use of the extensive, existing resources on ‘R’ that can be found on the internet. Participants will be introduced to ‘R’ language fundamentals and basic syntax, learn the appropriate data structures for ‘R’, extract key statistics out of a data set, conduct simple analyses using appropriate syntax, and visualise data with appropriate graphics.
The workshop details are given below:
Lead: Jeremy Greenbrook-Held
Audience: Current SPSS users, Research-active Unitec staff members who want to learn the basics of R and postgraduate staff (Those attendees who attended the workshop last year are also welcome to attend. This will be an opportunity for you to refresh the contents).
Objectives: Introductory training in the use of ‘R’ software
Prerequisites: Participants must be research-active Unitec staff members who are tenured at 0.5 FTE or higher, and who have a good understanding of descriptive statistics.
Date: Wednesday 6th July to Thursday 7th July,2022, 9.00am-4.00pm each day.
Venue: 183 – 1003 . It is advisable that you attend both days of the workshop.
To book a place for attending the this workshop, please register via this link (https://unitec.wufoo.com/forms/z1niknrt0i3vilj/)