The library will be hosting two Introduction to R and R Studio workshops this month as part of the Library Seminar Series for Researchers. 

Online – Friday, April 26, 12-1:30pm on Zoom

In-person – Tuesday, April 30, 12-1:30pm in Goff Room 309 B & C

Always wanted to learn R to make your research more reproducible but did not know where to start? This hands-on workshop is designed for those who have never coded in R before or could use a refresher of the basics. The workshop will cover math operations, comparison operators, R vectors, variable creation, print statements, reading files into and writing files from R, dataframe basics, and creating basic charts. You will need to download R and RStudio before the workshop, please follow Library Carpentry’s instructions, https://librarycarpentry.org/lc-r/. If you are using a UMass Chan computer, you will need to contact IT for administrative permissions to download RStudio. Please do not hesitate to reach out to the instructor, Tess Grynoch, tess.grynoch@umassmed.edu, for assistance with the download. She will also be available for 30 minutes prior to the workshop to troubleshoot the downloads.

Registration for the online workshop April 26

Registration for the in-person workshop April 30

The Library Seminar Series for Researchers is co-sponsored by the Office of Postdoctoral Scholars, Center for Biomedical Career Development, and the Morningside Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences. Information on past and future workshops can be found on the Seminar Series page.