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ELIXIR node event Basic statistics in R

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Date: 31 January - 21 February 2025

Language of instruction: English

This course combines e-learning with online sessionsThe course will consist of:a theoretical e-learning course to explain the statistics behind the analyses in R (not mandatory but recommended for those with few statistical knowledge)e-learning sessions and one demo session to show you how to make plots in Rexercise sessions where your questions will be answered and where you apply this knowledge on your own data or on real-life example dataSince part of the course is done via e-learning you have to take into account that you will have to spend time to this course outside of class.

Keywords: programming, statistics

Learning objectives:

  • Get an idea of what R and Rstudio is
  • Use R to create graphics bar charts box violin scatter PCA plots heat maps and various other plots
  • Use R to handle data: creating reading reformatting and writing data
  • Use basic statistical techniques in R t-tests wilcoxon tests one-way ANOVA Kruskal Wallis tests chi square tests correlations survival analysis
  • Write and use R scripts

Organizer: VIB

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