Workshop: Introduction to R (Part I)

Besides Python, R is another important programming language for science students. This is an introductory workshop for students with little to no knowledge of programming languages such as R. In this workshop, one of our Biohackathon Committee Instructor, Cheryl Quek will go through some of the basic syntax and uses of R language in the field of biology and data science with the aid of real world data sets.

Outline:

1. Arithmetic In R

2. Variables and Datatypes

3. Vector and vector operation

4. Comparison Operator

5. Vector indexing and slicing

6. R Data Frames - Indexing, selection and operations