R Training – Advanced Course – 2 Days

Acuity Training London
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    Course

  • Location

    London

This advanced R training course will introduce you to the more powerful functionality of R.
You will learn more advanced ways to manage data items, such as working with incomplete data and merging datasets. You will also learn some methods of supervised machine learning for data analysis. These topics include linear and curvilinear regression, non-gaussian regression and model-building. You will learn how to customise the powerful graphical capabilities of R to produce visualisations of your data and results. You’ll see how to use R to produce custom solutions for your data. You will learn a range of programming techniques, which include loops, conditional statements, error trapping and creating custom classes for your own summary and plot routines.

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London
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99 Bishopsgate, EC2M 3XD

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About this course

By the end of this course you will be able to:

Import data (data munging).
Work with and manipulate data objects.
Work with data tables.
Carry out cross tabulation.
Gather summary data from tables.
Visualise your results.
Create custom solutions.

This training course assumes a basic working knowledge of using R, and builds on the introduction course.

Our courses run from 9.30 am to approximately 4.15pm. While you are with us we are focused on offering you a relaxed and productive learning environment. When you book a course with use you get the following:

A full colour training manual/book.
The exercises that you have worked on during your course to allow you to practice afterwards.
USB stick to take the exercises away.
Certificate of attendance
Freshly prepared lunch.
Refreshments throughout the day.
Training in fully air conditioned facilities from an experienced instructor.

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  • I was training for photoshop skills and i would say that the course is highly recommended for my expectations were fulfilled.
    ← | →
  • I had an amzing experience which proved out to be a great help. The staff was really friendly and provided great facilities. I would definietly recommend the courses.
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Victoria Martin

5.0
23/02/2018
What I would highlight: I was training for photoshop skills and i would say that the course is highly recommended for my expectations were fulfilled.
What could be improved: Nothing
Would you recommend this course?: Yes

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10/01/2018
What I would highlight: I had an amzing experience which proved out to be a great help. The staff was really friendly and provided great facilities. I would definietly recommend the courses.
What could be improved: Nothing
Would you recommend this course?: Yes
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2019

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Subjects

  • Database Design
  • Database Marketing
  • Data warehousing
  • Database
  • Database training
  • Data analysis
  • Data Protection
  • Data Collection
  • Data Management
  • Programming
  • Manipulating data
  • R training

Course programme

Manipulating data

Working with data
The session starts with a brief look at importing data items and builds on the beginner’s course by showing some advanced methods for data import and validation, including how to read Excel files

  • Making data items
  • Factor variables
Dealing with Object Types

In this session you will learn how to explore and alter object properties. You’ll also learn how to make data objects and to merge datasets.

  • Joining – cbind, rbind merge
Summary statistics

In this session you’ll learn more advanced methods for summarizing data tables.

  • Data summaries
  • apply()
  • tapply()
  • sapply()
  • aggregate()
  • prop.table()
  • addmargins()
Graphics

Advanced graphical methods
In this section you will learn more advanced methods of graphical summary. Topics include: error bars, using colour palettes and making legends. You’ll also learn how to alter graphical parameters to produce more customised plots, as well as methods for adding items to plots (such as labels, additional text and more data series).

  • Error bars
  • Legends
  • Colour
  • Labels
  • Adding to plots
  • Graphical pars
Programming

This section of the course covers both the basics of R programming and a few more advanced areas to give you a complete overview of the methods you’ll need to produce custom solutions. Topics include: loops, conditional statements, invisible results, user intervention, error trapping, and argument matching.
You will learn how to use custom classes for producing your own print, summary and plot routines. You will also learn how to save and load custom functions and scripts.

  • Basic methods
  • Custom classes and other advanced methods

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