Educators:
Karin Schork and Sven Berres (Ruhr-University Bochum, BioInfra.Prot)

Date:
13th Feb 2026, 14:30 – 16:00

Location:
Hörsaalzentrum, Katholisches Klinikum Bochum

Contents:
This course is part of the 5th interdisciplinary network symposium for clinician scientists by clinician scientists (Else Kröner Symposium) in Bochum.
This course will give an introduction on using R for statistical analysis of medical data (no prior knowledge required). It will show how to calculate different statistical tests and perform a principle component analysis (PCA) including visualization.

Learning goals:
- Learning about basic R functions including
-- data import
-- statistical tests
-- PCA and basic visualization

Prerequisites:
- No prior knowledge on R required
- Laptop with installed R and RStudio to follow the hands-on parts

Keywords:
R; medicine; statistical analysis

Tools:

R, RStudio

Download and more information on R here:
https://cran.r-project.org/

We recommend using an editor such as RStudio, see
https://posit.co/products/open-source/rstudio/
R/RStudio need to be installed before the start o