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
Course Resources
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
- Early Career Researchers (Research Degree Students, MRes, Postdocs, Research Fellows) should book via Inkpath using your Imperial Single-Sign-On.
- Wider College Community - All other members of the Imperial community, should book here.
Please ensure you have read and understood ECRI’s attendance & cancellation policy before booking.