This training course is an introduction to programming in R, with particular emphasis on using tidyverse functions effectively. It is designed with data analysts working in health, care, and housing in mind, and has a slight bias towards Rmarkdown as a likely endpoint of the programming activities that it teaches. The training is free, and open to all across health, social care, and housing, across Scotland
Prerequisites:
- basic familiarity with R and Rmarkdown, including the tidyverse
- suitable access to Posit Cloud / Rstudio, as described in the main course page
- we strongly recommend having dual monitors available for the live training sessions
Learning aims:
For this session, learning aims are to:
- build your fluency with basic dplyr functionality
- show some of the similarities of approach across the package, again to help you master the syntax
- learn some of the more advanced functions to harness the power available beneath the surface
For the course as a whole, learning aims are to:
- introduce a series of R/tidyverse tools that are particularly helpful to analysts moving beyond R basics
- provide a social learning space to support learners as they develop their skills into these more challenging areas
- show how more advanced R techniques can be used in real-world data analysis in health and social care
Learning outcomes:
By the end of this session, the user should have:
- practiced using several tidyverse functions useful while investigating data
- developed basic proficiency in using tidyselect
- have understood how to summarise data
- have practiced joining data
By the end of this course as a whole, the user should have:
- developed their understanding of functions, iteration, dplyr, purrr, and tidyevaluation
- connected these new functions to their own work
- participated in social learning during the training sessions, reviewing the code of other trainees
- confidence in reading third-party code that uses some of these advanced R techniques
Contact email: brendan.clarke2@nhs.scot
Provider: NHS Education for Scotland (NES)
Type: Bookable course
Audience: Information systems or information technology; General audience