Computing in R (Amsterdam UMC Doctoral School)

This course is part of the PhD course program of the Amsterdam UMC Doctoral School.

  • Location: Lecture hall 2 (Mo, Tu, Fr), lecture hall 1 (Th); AMC
  • ECTS: 0.4
  • Teachers: Perry Moerland (coordinator, p.d.moerland@amsterdamumc.nl), Aldo Jongejan, Michel Hof and Eric Wever

Goal

R is a simple programming language for statistical computing. Due to its flexibility and the large variety of statistical functions available in R, it is a popular alternative for programs like SPSS. However, for a beginner mastering R can be rather difficult. This course helps the student to become familiar with the basics of R. After the course the student will be able to write short programs in R for basic (data) analyses and for plotting figures.

Scheduled dates

Edition : 10-14 March, 2025

Register via the Amsterdam UMC Doctoral School.

Schedule (March 2025 edition)

Location Day Time
Lecture hall 2 (AMC) Monday March 10, 2025 9.30-12.30
Lecture hall 2 (AMC) Tuesday March 11, 2025 9.30-12.30
Lecture hall 1 (AMC) Thursday March 13, 2025 13.00-16.00
Lecture hall 2 (AMC) Friday March 14, 2025 9.30-12.30

Course material (March 2025 edition)

Datasets for exercises

Information on R

  • R homepage
  • R and its packages can be downloaded from CRAN
  • Introductory material
    • Learn R interactively using swirl. Use their ‘R Programming’ course to refresh what you learnt in our course.
    • Datacamp offers several on-line courses at the beginner and intermediate level with lots of exercises
    • Cookbook for R offers many great examples
    • A short introduction to R with a nice list of common error messages (and how to maybe solve them) on the last page
    • Quick-R shows the commands to be used for many aspects of a statistical analysis, and has been useful information for experienced users of some other statistical packages
    • Documentation for R packages organized by topical domain