Key Information

Tutor: Dr John Pinney
Duration: 2 x 2.5 hour sessions
Delivery: Live (Online)
ECRI Credit (PGR only):
1 credit
Audience: Research Degree Students, MRes, Postdocs, Research Fellows

Dates

  • 26 & 27 October 2026
    14:00-16:30, Microsoft Teams
  • 25 & 26 January 2027
    10:00-12:30, Microsoft Teams
  • 10 & 11 May 2027
    14:00-16:30, Microsoft Teams

Building on the material covered by Introduction to R, this workshop will introduce the tidyverse packages, which support advanced data processing and visualisation in R.

Syllabus:

  • R as a data-handling environment
  • The tidyverse packages
  • Reading tabular data with readr
  • Tidying data with tidyr
  • Transforming data with dplyr
  • Data visualisation with ggplot2
  • Applying statistical tests to tabular data

This course is open to Research Degree Students, MRes, Postdocs & Research Fellows. Limited spaces available for wider Imperial community.

Learning Outcomes:

After completing this workshop, you will be better able to:

  • Use R to import and tidy tabular data.
  • Combine data from multiple sources.
  • Transform data to generate derived variables.
  • Apply statistical tests to data in R.
  • Create high-quality data visualisations.

Prerequisites:

Introduction to R or or equivalent prior learning

How to book

 

Please ensure you have read and understood ECRI’s attendance & cancellation policy before booking.