Introduction to R Software

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Overview

Gain a comprehensive overview of the R software principles and concepts and learn the challenges of designing a security program

Duration	8 weeks
Mode of learning	Online
Schedule type	Self paced
Credential	Certificate

Introduction to R Software
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Course details

Skills you will learn

Installation R Operations Statistics

Who should do this course?

For UG students of Science and Engineering
Students of humanities with basic mathematical background can also do it
Working professionals in analytics and anyone involved in programming, mathematical and statistical computations, simulations and data analysis can also do it

More about this course

R is a free software that is capable of handling mathematical and statistical manipulations
It has its own programming language as well as built in functions to perform any specialized task
Learn the basics of R software in this course

Introduction to R Software
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Curriculum

Week 1: Basic fundamentals, installation and use of software, data editing, use of R as a calculator, functions and assignments.

Week 2: Use of R as a calculator, functions and matrix operations, missing data and logical operators.

Week 3: conditional executions and loops, data management with sequences.

\Week 4: Data management with repeats, sorting, ordering, and lists.

Week 5: Vector indexing, factors, Data management with strings, display and formatting.

Week 6: Data management with display paste, split, find and replacement, manipulations with alphabets, evaluation of strings, data frames.

Week 7: Data frames, import of external data in various file formats, statistical functions, compilation of data.

Week 8: Graphics and plots, statistical functions for central tendency, variation, skewness and kurtosis, handling of bivarite data through graphics, correlations, programming and illustration with examples.

Introduction to R Software
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Faculty details

Prof. Shalabh

Prof. Shalabh is a Professor of Statistics at IIT Kanpur. His research areas of interest are linear models, regression analysis and econometrics. He has more than 22 years of experience in teaching and research

Introduction to R Software
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Entry Requirements

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Education: Mathematics background up to class 12 is needed
Prerequisite: Having some preliminary knowledge will be helpful

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Faculty: All the teachers were good and made detailed videos for every topic and covered the whole syllabus of the topic in a specific amount of videos.

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deepa e

Introduction to R Software

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Other: NPTEL has provided good opportunity to learn anywhere and anytime in online mood they were providing weekly assignments and at last i have written exam in exam center. in this course, i got elite+silver badge and secured 77%.

Reviewed on 15 Mar 2021Read More

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