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Spring Finale

March 25, 2019

For the final Open Lab of Spring 2019, Nuvan will be showing us linear regression and simulations. To get a head start, take a look at R For Data Science Chapter 22. We hope to see you there!

Scripting Part 2: Loops and Error Handling

March 18, 2019

Welcome back! We hope you all enjoyed your spring break. For our next lab, Lorin will introduce us to working with loops and error handling in R. See you Thursday! These topics are covered in R For Data Science Chapter … Read more

No R Open Lab This Week

March 12, 2019

There will be no R Open Lab during the week of Spring Break. See you next week!

Getting Started With Scripting

March 6, 2019

So far we’ve been doing a lot of data cleaning, transformation and analysis, but now it’s time to start taking a look at the different scripting techniques available in R. Tomorrow, Lorin will walk us through writing functions and using … Read more

Joining and Reshaping

February 28, 2019

Today, Matt will discuss how the tidyr package can help us merge multiple datasets together, then explore how we can reshape a dataset to make analysis or visualization easier.  This covers material from Chapter 12 and Chapter 13 in R … Read more

Strings and Factors

February 21, 2019

Today, Nuvan will guide you through working with text and categorical data while exploring strings and factors. This is also covered in R for Data Science Chapters 14 and 15.

Exploratory Data Analysis in R

February 11, 2019

Now that we’ve got some practice importing and cleaning data in R, it’s time to move on to the next step: analysis. This week, Lorin will show you how to use EDA techniques in R to discover patterns in your … Read more

Markdown With Review

February 4, 2019

Do you ever wonder how we are able to present R code, plots, and formatted text all together on a single web page for our weekly lessons? The answer is R Markdown. This week, Nuvan will show you how to … Read more

Data Transformations

January 30, 2019

Tomorrow, Nuvan will guide us through some helpful methods for transforming data in R. Join us!

Going With the Flow

January 24, 2019

Today’s R Open Labs will introduce you to workflows and discuss why they are important. We’ll also be covering object, classes, ways to deal with missing data and more. See you soon!