Statistics with R | Dec 2025
Statistics with R | Dec 2025
We are running a 2.5 day course in-person and a half-day add-on, Introduction to Data Visualisation with R. CPD accreditation will be through the (opens in a new window)Royal College of Physicians of Ireland (6 CPD credits/day). Topics include:
Orientation to R
- Introduction to the R language
- Managing data and exporting results
Introduction to Data Visualisation with R
- Benefits of data visualisation
- Customisations for base r plot() function
- R functions for base graphics, i.e hist(), boxplot(), etc
- Syntax structure for ggplot() commands from ggplot2 package
- Making a ggplot() interactive using the ggplotly() function
- Saving and exporting visualisations from R
Introduction to Statistics with R
- Descriptive statistics
- Hypothesis tests - comparing means and risks
- Correlation
- Hypothesis tests - assumptions and alternatives
Introduction to Regression with R
- Effect sizes
- Introduction to linear models
- Linear regression and assumptions
- Variable selection and model building
Conference Details
Date9-11 Dec 2025
Time9:30 - 17:00
FeeR half-day, no cost; Data Vis half-day, €125; R 1-day, €250; R 2-days, €500
LocationUCD, Belfield
Intended Audience These courses may be of interest if you want to learn the basics of the R language, how to run basic analyses on your data, and how to use and evaluate linear regression models using R. Examples will be primarily drawn from the bio-medical / epidemiological area. However, the course is suitable for people from other disciplines.
Prequisites No prior experience of R or knowledge of statistics is necessary.
Technical Requirements
Download RStudio in advance (instructions will be provided)
Register in Oct by cardAgenda
- 9 Dec (9:30-13:00): Orientation to R
- 9 Dec (13:30-17:00): Introduction to Data Visualisation with R (Data Vis)
- 10 Dec (9:30-17:00): Introduction to Statistics with R
- 11 Dec (9:30-17:00): Introduction to Regression with R