

About this course
The statistical program R is widely used in medical research, providing the main route to dissemination of recent statistical methodology and data visualization. Moreover, it is free to download from the internet. Therefore, it is important for researchers to learn how to work with this program.
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The statistical program R is widely used in medical research, providing the main route to dissemination of recent statistical methodology and data visualization. Moreover, it is free to download from the internet. Therefore, it is important for researchers to learn how to work with this program.
The course is aimed at PhD candidates, postdocs and staff members, who have an interest in learning how to work with R, but have no prior experience with the program. During this one-day course you will become acquainted with the basics by using RStudio. Several topics will be introduced, such as importing data (Excel, SPSS, SAS, Stata, CSV), writing R-code (syntax), processing data, performing simple statistical analyses, visualization of the results in graphs, and installation of extra packages. Please note that this is NOT a statistics course.
The course will be given by Jordache Ramjith and Veronica Malizia and is provided by the section Biostatistics of the Department for Health Evidence at the Radboudumc.
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In short
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Wednesday 22 March 13:00 -17:00 and Friday 24 March 9:00 -13:00
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Radboudumc Nijmegen, Studiecentrum, route 126, grote vergaderzaal 02 (ground floor, walk right through to the meeting room at the end of the hall).
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The course will be given by Jordache Ramjith and Veronica Malizia and is provided by the section Biostatistics of the Department for Health Evidence at the Radboudumc.
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PhD candidates, postdocs, and staff members, who have an interest in learning how to work with R, but have no prior experience with the program.
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There will be a limitation set at 15 participants.
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Some basic level of statistics is recommended, but not mandatory. A laptop is necessary (Participants will have to install R and RStudio before the start of the course).
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The course is free for PhD candidates, postdocs, and staff members of the Radboudumc on a first-come, first-serve basis. If you confirm your attendance but do not attend, you will be liable for a fee of 295 Euros.
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Please contact Heleen Arians.
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