Event /  2 Sep 2024

Explore data using R: online course

2-week part-time online course for conservationists - take your first steps in R, grow your confidence, or switch from base R to the Tidyverse!

Online Event
2 Sep 2024 - this event is in the past.

Benefits and outcomes:

  • Quickly explore data given to you by field staff or colleagues, to understand patterns and identify data-entry errors
  • Create plots to illustrate your findings for reports or scientific papers
  • Learn together and connect with other enthusiastic conservation practitioners and students across the world in VerdantLearn's conservation community
  • Gain expert help to apply your new skills to your own data and challenges, or use our provided datasets
  • Earn a certificate to demonstrate your competence

This introductory course is suitable for complete beginners, and beneficial if you want to refresh your R knowledge, build coding confidence, or take your first steps with the Tidyverse range of R packages

The exercises, discussions and assignments will take 3-5 hours each week, and the timing is completely flexible - you can study whenever it suits you during the week

The course fee is 48 GBP with generous discounts available for students and those based in low- or middle-income countries.  Depending on your situation, you may be able to claim a fee reduction of 40% to 90%!  Complete our Discount enquiry form to find out the discount you're entitled to

Course registration page and further info: Explore data using R


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