An R intensive course at the introductory / intermediate level is offered in the first week of April:

Title: Introduction to the statistics software R: Basic techniques, fundamental statistical methods and selected topics
Time:
2 April 2024, 8:15–11:30, 12:30–14:30 and 3 April 2024, 8:15–11:30
Location: Room H2, Hauptgebäude, Pienner Str. 8, Tharandt   (You can take the train that leaves Dresden Hbf at 7:52.)
Instructor: Robert Schlicht
Language: English & German (partly, depending on participants)
Requirements: valid ZIH login for the TUD campus PCs; elementary knowledge of statistical methods
Registration information: see below

The course covers the following topics:

Tuesday
(2 April)

• Basic R techniques, including the R language and user interface, vector operations, elementary programming constructs and data manipulation.
• Fundamental statistical methods, computation of popular summary statistics and diagrams.
• Basic parametric and nonparametric tests.

Wednesday
(3 April)

• Linear regression and correlation analysis.
• Selected advanced topics (depending on the interests of the participants); for example, R programming, generalized linear models, linear mixed models, multivariate techniques, time series, spatial statistics, simulation based analysis (Monte Carlo methods).


To register for the course, please send the following information to the instructor’s email address (robert.schlicht@tu-dresden.de):

  • Name
  • Email address as registered in OPAL (only if different from the one you’re sending from)
  • Prior experience with R / desired course level
  • Level of knowledge in statistics (courses taken, etc.)

You will then be added to the list of participants or, if all places are already filled, to the waiting list.

You can check your status anytime here in this section R course. Should you decide not to participate, please deregister yourself on this page (by choosing “Withdraw” or “Austragen”), as the number of participants is limited and others may want to participate instead.

If there are questions, feel free to contact Robert Schlicht.

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