Getting started with R
Learning Outcomes
The course is part of the Public Health Sciences Course Program and lays the foundation for the subsequent courses Biostatistics in R, Project in R, Diagnostic Test Evaluation, and Linear and Logistic Regression Modelling in R.
At the end of this course, participants shall be able to:
- Understand the RStudio environment
- Import data in R
- Understand the concept of a function
- Install and load packages in R
- Implement basic operations in R
Topics/Content
- RStudio environment
- R packages and R functions
- Reading datasets into R
- Basic inspection of your data in R
- Basic concepts for data cleaning and data wrangling with tidyverse
Activities / Program
Lectures with exercises in R for hands-on practice. The learning outcomes will be assessed by a short R exercise.
Basic information
| Number | E046.211.25 |
|---|---|
| Dates | Mon 27.01.2025 |
| Times | 09:15-17:00/09:15 - 12:15 |
| Course location | Institute of Social and Preventive Medicine ISPM room 220, second floor Situation plan |
| Lead | Carina Nigg, PhD Institute of Social and Preventive Medicine, ISPM, University of Bern |
| Seats max. |
25 people booked out Registration possible in waiting list |
| Course language | English |
| Registration deadline | 02.12.2024 abgelaufen |
| Format | Individual event from Public Health Sciences Course Program You will receive a certificate of attendance. |
| Governing Unit |
Faculty of Medicine University of Bern Institute of Social and Preventive Medicine (ISPM) |
| ECTS info |
0.5 ECTS points will be credited for this course For an accreditation of the ECTS, a minimum of 80% attendance and active participation incl. completion of assignments and assessments are required.
root number KSL: 492962 |
Target audience
This course targets PhD students, postdocs, clinicians, and public health practitioners who would like to acquire skills in the topics.
Special
Students are required to bring their own laptops with a recently installed version of R, RStudio. The course is offered once a year.
Application and admission procedure
A tertiary education degree is required. The program manager decides on the final admission. Priority is given to PhD students
Application process: You are requested to enroll online. Seats will be allocated according to date of enrolment. Three weeks before the course/workshop at the latest, the administration will decide and inform about running or cancelling the course/workshop.
Costs
Amount still open
Administrative / Payment modalities
Registration fees are waived for PhD students of the University of Bern who commit to the whole course attendance. To avoid being invoiced, it is mandatory that you indicate your institute and the matriculation number upon registration for the course. Please note cancellation regulations below.
Course fees for other participant categories:
PostDocs Uni Bern CHF 50
Other participants Uni Bern CHF 150
Participants other academic institutions 300
Other participants CHF 420
Participants completing the entire PHS Course Program benefit from a reduction; overview course fees here.
Cancellation regulations
After the closing date for registrations, the organisers will decide whether the course can take place. The decision is based on the number of registrations.
These cancellation rules apply to PhD students of the University of Bern.
Processing fee of CHF 100 will be applied for:
- Cancellations after 2 weeks before the first course day (late cancellations)
- Participants with course attendance of less than 80% of the on-site course time
- Absence on the first day of the course (considered as a late cancellation).
Course attendance must be cancelled at the latest 2 weeks before the first course day. Write an email to phs-admin.ispm@unibe.ch.
The cancellation has to be confirmed by the course coordination.
For your registration the General Terms and Conditions of the PHS Course Program apply.
Contact
University of Bern
Public Health Sciences Course Program
c/o Institute of Social and Preventive Medicine (ISPM)
Mittelstrasse 43
3012 Bern
Switzerland
Tel: +41 31 684 34 04
Registration
Diese Veranstaltung ist ausgebucht.