Data Analysis with R

R is a language that has become one of the most popular tools for manipulating, visualizing and analyzing data. While there are many R courses, learning these skills can involve a steep learning curve, especially for people with no experience in programming or data analysis. This course aims to help with this initial difficulty by equipping learners with essential skills in using R, including data wrangling and plotting.

The topics of this introductory course include data importing and exporting, handling real-life data sets and creating publication-ready plots with R. The topics will be covered using hands-on teaching and exercises.

Where & when:

This is a two-day course from 9:00 to 16:00. The course will be offered on-premise at the CSC Training Facilities (Keilaranta 14, Espoo, Finland) and online. For participants joining the course on site in Espoo, lunch and a snack are included in the price.

Learning outcomes:

After attending this course, participants will be able to:
Navigate RStudio
Understand R syntax and how to write R code
Import and export data using R
Use tidyverse package for data wrangling
Use ggplot2 package for creating high-quality plots
Perform basic statistics (t-tests, linear regression) in R

Pre-requisites:

No pre-requisites. No previous experience in R, programming or working in a command line environment is required.

Target audience:

Researchers and students from any field interested in getting started with R for data analysis or brushing up R basics.

Lecturers:
Heli Juottonen and Aurélie Vancraeyenest (CSC)

Registration information:

Registration closes for on-site participation on 28.9.2025 and for online participation on 1.10.2025.