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R Programming Tutorial Topics

Basics

Introduction to R

  • What is R?
  • Setting up R environment
  • Basic syntax and structure
  • Basic data types and structures

Data Manipulation

  • Vectors and lists
  • Data frames and matrices
  • Factors
  • Subsetting data

Basic Functions

  • Creating and using functions
  • Control structures (if, else, for, while)
  • Apply family of functions

Data Visualization

  • Base graphics
  • ggplot2 basics
  • Creating plots

Intermediate

Data Cleaning

  • Handling missing values
  • Data transformation with dplyr
  • String manipulation with stringr

Data Import and Export

  • Reading data from files
  • Writing data to files
  • Working with databases

Statistical Analysis

  • Descriptive statistics
  • Hypothesis testing
  • Linear regression
  • ANOVA

Working with Dates and Times

  • Date and time classes
  • Formatting dates and times
  • Calculating differences

Advanced

Advanced Data Visualization

  • Advanced ggplot2 techniques
  • Interactive plots with plotly
  • Creating dashboards with Shiny

Machine Learning

  • Introduction to machine learning in R
  • Supervised learning
  • Unsupervised learning
  • Model evaluation

Parallel Computing

  • Introduction to parallel computing
  • Using parallel package
  • Optimizing code for parallel execution

Package Development

  • Creating your own package
  • Documenting your package
  • Submitting to CRAN