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Institute for Social Science Research

Introductory Statistics Using R

An ISSR Short Course by Chris Burns

Date: Monday, February 11, 2013
Time: 1:00-3:00 pm
Location: ISSR Training Lab W37E Machmer Hall (3rd Floor, West Wing)
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Description:

This course is designed for social science researchers with little or no basic knowledge of R. Participants will get a general overview of the R platform. We will cover important topics such as basic R commands; how to write a script file; how to read output in the console; creating summary statistics, creating plots and graphs, and performing simple statistical tests.

Course Objectives:

The goal of the course is for participants to feel comfortable performing introductory statistical analysis in R and to build a basic understanding of R coding.