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Getting StaRted with R: Setup & Variables Online
Class level: Beginner - no prior experience needed!
It is recommended to bring your own laptop so we can help you set up your own workspace - but there are computers in the class room as well.
In this workshop participants will:
- Learn about R and R Studio
- Download and install R on your computer
- Download and install R Studio
- Creating Projects in R Studio and saving your work.
- Interacting with R
- Basic Data Types & Variables
About your instructor: Brittany Waltemate is the Research Data and Geographic Information Librarian in addition to being the liaison to the Geography and Geology Departments. Prior to UA she achieved her BS in Geography from Penn State and her MSIS from UTK. She's been using R for the last 8 years to perform statistics, analyze spatial information, and automate data management and cleaning. If you have any questions about this workshop or any other RDS workshop, please email her at bgwaltemate@ua.edu.
- Dates & Times:
- 3:00pm - 4:00pm, Tuesday, November 11, 2025
3:00pm - 4:00pm, Thursday, November 13, 2025
3:00pm - 4:00pm, Tuesday, November 18, 2025
3:00pm - 4:00pm, Thursday, November 20, 2025
- Time Zone:
- Central Time - US & Canada (change)
- Location:
- Online Session
- Event Type:
- Workshop
- Online:
- This is an online event. Event URL will be sent via registration email.
- Categories:
- Research Data Services (Open Session)
Session Organizer
Brittany Waltemate