Psi Training Course s2

A 2 day course on Advanced Programming in R

Presented by Dr Colin Gillespie, Newcastle University

5 & 6 December 2016

Venue: The Royal Statistical Society, 12 Errol Street, London, EC1Y 8LX Nearest Tubes: Barbican, Liverpool Street, Moorgate, Old Street

Course This is a two day intensive course on advanced aspects of R programming. This workshop is primarily summary: aimed at R users who do not have a formal background in computing. The course will be a mixture of lectures and computer practicals and will cover conditional programming structures, functional programming, S3 and S4 objects.

Learning  An understanding of object orientated programming. outcomes:  Appreciate the fundamental differences between the S3 and S4 object systems.  Be able to create S3, S4 and reference objects with associated methods.  An understanding of R environments and how they can be leveraged to form function closures.  An appreciation of when it is appropriate to use different object types.

Topics covered:  An overview of object orientated programming.  Anonymous functions.  Returning functions (closures).  Passing functions as arguments.  The R environment.  The S3 and S4 object structures.  Reference objects and mutable states.  Object methods and generic functions.

Target The course will be of interest to anyone who uses R, in particular those who want to develop their audience: computer skills to cover more advanced topics. This course would be useful for participants who do not have a formal background in programming.

Knowledge A basic knowledge of R is needed. No statistical knowledge is required. assumed: Course The workshop will be hands on and participants will be expected to provide their own laptop computer. format: Prior to the workshop participants should download and install R and rstudio. Both pieces of software are free.

Delegate “I am not scared of R anymore. It was actually fun!” feedback: “The balance between lectures and practicals was good” “Very clear lectures and hand-outs” Fees Registration before Registration on / after 05 November 2016 05 November 2016

Non Member £562.50+vat £625+vat

RSS Fellow £478.12+vat £531.25+vat

RSS CStat: also MIS, FIS & GradStat £450+vat £500+vat

Contact: Tessa Pearson, Royal Statistical Society, 12 Errol Street, London EC1Y 8LX. Tel: +44 (0)20 7614 3947 Email: [email protected] Fax: +44 (0)20 7614 3905

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