Class on R- Fall Tuesdays 4:30-6:00
September 15, 2020 @ 4:30PM — November 17, 2020 @ 6:00PM Eastern Time (US & Canada)
Headwaters Science Institute is offering a ten-week course on R – a statistical programming language that is widely used across multiple disciplines. Students will come away from the program with a basic understanding of statistical analyses that can be used on their own collected data and how to run analyses using R coding language. Headwaters Science Institute will have group instruction in combination with individualized meetings with our mentors to ensure everyone succeeds! In addition to statistical practices, we will also go over how to create presentations and manuscript-level figures using R. It is our goal that students will be able to take what they learn in this program to use it in future scientific endeavors.
This is a 10-week Semester class - Runs the week of September 14th, 2020 - November 16th, 2020
Meetings will be on Tuesdays at 4:30 - 6:00 pm PT. Office Hours will be held on Thursdays at 4:30 - 6:00 pm PT. Individual meetings may be scheduled on an as-needed basis
Week 1: Mentor and Mentee Introductions; Statistics refresher (p-value; significance; types of variables; null-hypotheses; etc.)
Week 2: Getting familiar with coding language: Downloading R; Getting & Organizing Data; Basic Mathematical Functions in R (summary of data); Creating Your Own Workspace; Installing Packages
Week 3: Statistical Tests in R: Chi-squared Test
Week 4: Statistical Tests in R: T-test; Tukey Test
Week 5: Statistical Tests in R: ANOVA
Week 6: Statistical Tests in R: Linear Regression
Week 7: Figure Making: Plotting Figures (scatter plot, box plot, etc.); Customizing plots
Week 8: Figure Making: Creating Maps; Adding pictures to plots
Week 9: Choosing the right statistical analyses for your data; Independent Data Analyses
Week 10: Presenting Results
*Note for scholarships: Do not register for a paid ticket if you are applying for scholarship. You can access a scholarship application through the program page on our website. Additional slots have been privately reserved for scholarship students, and applicants will be notified August 14. You will be provided a separate registration link if you are selected for a scholarship.