Topic: Trevor Avery
Understanding The World Through R
November 8, 2016 at 7:00pm
The world is bubbling over with data. When analyzed, data can provide the inquiring mind with useful information that can suggest outcomes and support decision-making. Be it the data generated about business practices, human behaviours, the biological world; being able to understand what your data is telling you is incredibly empowering. “R” is a free, accessible, and powerful programming language that offers a suite of tools for data analysis.
Our tour guide, Trevor Avery — biostatistician, faculty member at Acadia University, and coordinator of R-bar — will provide us a primer on R. Through a series of examples, he will demonstrate the various strength of R in data analysis and data visualization. No experience with programming is required to learn about what R can do for you. Just bring your inquiring mind.
R-bar
R-bar is Acadia University’s scientific programming study group. They cover everything R: a programming language and software environment for statistical computing and graphics.
WHAT WE DO
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Skill Sharing: Share your favorite coding skills and tools with your friends and colleagues in friendly, no-pressure work-alongs.
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Co-Working: Get together to work on your coding projects, help each other out and share your work.
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Community Building: Meet new people in your field, organization or community - and find out what we can do when we work together.