Requirements: Programming skills with R, e.g. course Introduction to R and additional practice.

Your profit: The participants will be taught how to build advanced graphics with R. This includes highly customized figures and different formats of output documentation. All topics are accompanied with hands-on exercises.

Topics: This course on customizing R output covers three different parts:

• Modifying base R graphics: This includes font modification, customization of axes, adding multiple layers to one graphic and arranging multiple figures to one graphic (layout).
• Introduction to ggplot2: The R package ggplot2 provides a different “grammar” of building figures with R. It is convenient for complex self-contained figures. The course covers the basic principles of using ggplot2.
• Introduction to RMarkdown: RMarkdown unites coding with R and documentation of the output. This is advantageous in getting your reports reproducible.

Methods: The course consists of lessons how to work with graphics in R and of hands-on examples with best-practice solutions. During the Corona-pandemic the course is held as an online course. Please consider the following constraints:

• It will be held online via the software Zoom.
• Please check before hand on zoom.us/test whether your computer is compatible with the tool. (No registration necessary, but you have to download some tools)
• A stable internet connection is absolutely necessary, optimal would be a LAN access.
• You do NOT need to have a microphone or camera, since we offer a written chat interaction from your side. To avoid breaking down IT we would anyway ask you to shut down the camera and the microphone.

Duration: 3 Days 

Language: English

Materials:

• Material for the course can be found here* (only for HMGU staff).
• Please be aware that the materials will be updated shortly before the next course.

Dates and Application: You can check the current dates and whether the courses are already fully booked here*.
Please apply via the forms of the HR Development department*

 * Links marked with * are only available for HMGU staff.