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Venue: UM Bannatyne: Chown Building: Room 474, George & Fay Yee Centre for Healthcare Innovation
UM Bannatyne: Chown Building: Room 474, George & Fay Yee Centre for Healthcare Innovation
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R for Absolute Beginners – June 2026
This 3-day hands-on and in-person workshop, presented by CHI’s Data Science platform, will introduce participants to R by providing instruction and hands-on exercises. Participants will gain understanding of basic workflows in R, including data manipulation, graphics, and programming. We will be emphasizing the tidy verse family of packages in R.
No prior experience with R will be assumed. Please bring your own computer. Instructions for installing R and RStudio will be provided a few days before the workshop begins.
Sessions will be held from 9am to 12pm (CT) on Monday, June 1st, Wednesday, June 3rd and Friday, June 5th.
Learning Objectives:
- Introduction to R – why use it, user interface (R Studio) and basic data structures.
- Overview of data management techniques using the tidy verse package.
- Learn elementary graphic functions for data visualization.
- Learn how to import and export datasets.
Cost:
$50.00 – Academic trainees and students (post-docs included),
$150.00 – Non-profit organizations staff
$300.00 – Industry professionals
Contact Information:
For more information, please click here to email Brenden Dufault.
Registration Cancellation Policy:
In accordance with CPD Medicine policy:
- More than 21 days’ notice: A refund will be issued, minus a 20% administrative fee (up to a maximum of $200).
- Less than 21 days’ notice: No refund will be provided.
