We are pleased to offer two R workshop sessions this year on Monday, November 16 and Friday, November 20. The Monday session will be an introduction to R as a functional, vectorized, and object-oriented programming language. It will cover R syntax (e.g., how to read and write R code), types of variables and objects, functions, basic data management (e.g., loading, referencing, manipulation, transformation, and subsets), basic descriptive statistics, and working with R packages. The Friday session will build on these techniques for an Intermediate R Workshop. Topics will include more advanced data management, an overview of common statistical tools in R, and plotting utilities. Those less familiar with R should plan on attending both sessions if interested in the Intermediate R workshop, but those who have some experience using R could consider skipping the Monday session and join on Friday. Laptop computers are required for both sessions. All software is freely available and should be installed prior to the workshop. Please see this page for software installation instructions.
Presenters
Sarah Burnet is a PhD candidate at the University of Idaho, and the former NALMS Student Director. Her research is focused on internal loading of phosphorus leading to algal blooms.
Dan Stich is an Assistant Professor in the Biology Department at SUNY Oneonta, where he teaches undergraduate and graduate courses in biometry, lake management, and ichthyology. He works extensively with R in research and teaching and maintains multiple R packages.