Introduction to Programming in R - People Server at UNCW

124 Pages·2011·0.38 MB·English

by  Matthew K. Lau

WhyR? TheBasics WorkFlow DataManagement Analysis Plotting Packages Resources Advanced
Introduction to Programming in R
Matthew K. Lau
CottonwoodEcologyGroup
DepartmentofBiologicalSciences
NorthernArizonaUniversity
July 12, 2011
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IntroductiontoProgramminginR
WhyR? TheBasics WorkFlow DataManagement Analysis Plotting Packages Resources Advanced
Introductions
MatthewK.Lau http://dana.ucc.nau.edu/~mkl48/bio/home.html
IntroductiontoProgramminginR
WhyR? TheBasics WorkFlow DataManagement Analysis Plotting Packages Resources Advanced
Why learn R?
MatthewK.Lau http://dana.ucc.nau.edu/~mkl48/bio/home.html
IntroductiontoProgramminginR
WhyR? TheBasics WorkFlow DataManagement Analysis Plotting Packages Resources Advanced
On a recent flight from Tokyo to Beijing, at around the
time my lunch tray was taken away, I remembered that I
needed to learn Mandarin. ”...dammit,”I whispered, ”I
knew I forgot something.”
– David Sedaris (New Yorker, July 2011)
MatthewK.Lau http://dana.ucc.nau.edu/~mkl48/bio/home.html
IntroductiontoProgramminginR
WhyR? TheBasics WorkFlow DataManagement Analysis Plotting Packages Resources Advanced
Three Reasons
(cid:73) Software does not have to limit analysis.
MatthewK.Lau http://dana.ucc.nau.edu/~mkl48/bio/home.html
IntroductiontoProgramminginR
WhyR? TheBasics WorkFlow DataManagement Analysis Plotting Packages Resources Advanced
Three Reasons
(cid:73) Software does not have to limit analysis.
(cid:73) Scripting can save time and effort.
MatthewK.Lau http://dana.ucc.nau.edu/~mkl48/bio/home.html
IntroductiontoProgramminginR
WhyR? TheBasics WorkFlow DataManagement Analysis Plotting Packages Resources Advanced
Three Reasons
(cid:73) Software does not have to limit analysis.
(cid:73) Scripting can save time and effort.
(cid:73) Free and Free
MatthewK.Lau http://dana.ucc.nau.edu/~mkl48/bio/home.html
IntroductiontoProgramminginR
WhyR? TheBasics WorkFlow DataManagement Analysis Plotting Packages Resources Advanced
Three Reasons
(cid:73) Software does not have to limit analysis.
(cid:73) Scripting can save time and effort.
(cid:73) Free = No Cost and Free = Open Source
MatthewK.Lau http://dana.ucc.nau.edu/~mkl48/bio/home.html
IntroductiontoProgramminginR
WhyR? TheBasics WorkFlow DataManagement Analysis Plotting Packages Resources Advanced
Three Reasons
(cid:73) Software does not have to limit analysis.
(cid:73) Scripting can save time and effort.
(cid:73) Free = No Cost and Free = Open Source
MatthewK.Lau http://dana.ucc.nau.edu/~mkl48/bio/home.html
IntroductiontoProgramminginR
WhyR? TheBasics WorkFlow DataManagement Analysis Plotting Packages Resources Advanced
What can R do?
(cid:73) Phylogenetics
(cid:73) Math (e.g. linear algebra)
(cid:73) Multivariate statistics
(cid:73) Basic Statistics
(cid:73) Network analysis
(cid:73) Publication quality plots
(cid:73) Bayesian statistics
(cid:73) Simulations
(cid:73) Animations
(cid:73) Database interfacing
(cid:73) Make julienned fries
(cid:73) GIS
(cid:73) and much MUCH MORE...
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IntroductiontoProgramminginR