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Programme of study: International Research Workshop

Lecturer: Dr. Marco Lehmann (University Medical Centre Hamburg-Eppendorf)

Date: Monday, 26/09/16 – Wednesday, 28/09/16 from 09.00-12.30 h

Max. number of participants: 20

Credit Points: 5 CP for participating in the whole IRWS

Language of instruction: English

Contents:

The course introduces the programming language R used for statistical analyses. The beginning of each lecture comes with a demonstration of programming and statistical functions that will be elaborated in the course of study. The students will then practice with many statistical examples. In addition to statistical functions the course will introduce the definition of R as a programming language and its syntax rules. Students will further learn to use R’s scripting capabilities. Successful participation requires basic knowledge in descriptive and inferential statistics. The students are encouraged to bring their own laptops with the free software R (www.r-project.org/) and RStudio (www.rstudio.com/) installed.

Basic knowledge in descriptive and inferential statistics is recommended.

Recommended literature and pre-readings:

• Wollschläger, Daniel (2012). Grundlagen der Datenauswertung mit R (2. Aufl.). Berlin: Springer.

You have to register for the 10th International Research Workshop to participate in this course.