Training course

The script, slides and data sets used in this course are available for download from the SfS ftp server.

This one-day course is offered as a so-called "waiting list course" without a specified date. As soon as the minimum of 10 attendees is reached, we propose two possible course-dates and then determine the course date that suits most registered attendees. This course is thought to be further education for ETH and external staff and is subject to a course fee.

Course dates and registration are administered by the ETH Kurswesen.

Course Overview

This course is the same as "R Einführung", but the course language will be English. R provides a wide variety of statistical techniques and is freely available. The software is a complete programming language and requires time to get familiar with. However, for the frequent statistical analyses, it is worth learning because of the flexibility and the various possibilities of the software.

Course Targets
You learn the elementary concepts of R. The course is aimed at users who don't know R or have just started working with it. The course is not for people who are already working with R because we start from the beginning.

Course Content

• Setup and structure of R
• Working with text editor and script files
• Vectors and data sets
• Objects in R
• Functions in R
• Graphics
• Linear Regression

Requirements
Basic knowledge of statistics (you should have an idea of the following expressions: sample, normal distribution, expectation, variance, linear regression model).

If you have any questions about the course, do not hesitate to contact us: beratung@stat.math.ethz.ch