R for Data Science

Offered byCognitive Class

R for Data Science
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Cognitive Class
Overview

Learn about reading and writing data in R, whether it's a table format (CSV, Excel) or a text file (.txt)

Duration	6 hours
Mode of learning	Online
Difficulty level	Beginner
Credential	Certificate

R for Data Science
at
Cognitive Class
Highlights

Earn a certificate upon completion

R for Data Science
at
Cognitive Class
Course details

Skills you will learn

Excel Data structures R Operations Data Science

More about this course

In just a few hours you'll learn how to write your own R code, learn about data structures and create your own functions
You’ll even be able to import data and do some operations
In this course, you'll be learning about the basics of R, and you'll end with the confidence to start writing your own R scripts
You'll then learn about lists, matrix, arrays and data frames

R for Data Science
at
Cognitive Class
Curriculum

Module 1 - R basics

Math, Variables, and Strings

Vectors and Factors

Vector operations

Module 2 - Data structures in R

Arrays & Matrices

Lists

Dataframes

Module 3 - R programming fundamentals

Conditions and loops

Functions in R

Objects and Classes

Debugging

Module 4 - Working with data in R

Reading CSV and Excel Files

Reading text files

Writing and saving data objects to file in R

Module 5 - Strings and Dates in R

String operations in R

Regular Expressions

Dates in R

R for Data Science
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Cognitive Class
Faculty details

Saeed Aghabozorgi

Saeed Aghabozorgi, PhD is a Data Scientist in IBM with a track record of developing enterprise level applications that substantially increases clients’ ability to turn data into actionable knowledge. He is a researcher in data mining field and expert in developing advanced analytic methods like machine learning and statistical modelling on large datasets.

Polong Lin

Polong Lin is a Data Scientist at IBM in Canada. Under the Emerging Technologies division, Polong is responsible for educating the next generation of data scientists through BDU. Polong is a regular speaker in conferences and meetups, and holds a M.Sc. in Cognitive Psychology.