STSCI 2120 - Introduction to R Programming

Fall. 2 credits. Student option grading.

Co-meets with STSCI 5120.

J. Guinness.

The course will cover the basics of R programming for reading and writing data, executing simple operations on data, performing basic analyses, and producing visual graphics. An emphasis will be placed on practical aspects and understanding of fundamental R objects and functions.

Outcome 1: Describe and operate on basic R data structures such as vectors, matrices, and data frames.

Outcome 2: Access and get help from R documentation.

Outcome 3: Read and write data from and to CSV and RData formats.

Outcome 4: Visualize data using basic R graphics capabilities.

Outcome 5: Calculate statistics from data and print results in a readable format.