Goals of this webinar:
We will introduce R programming language and outline the benefits of learning R. We will give a brief tour of basic concepts and tasks: variables, objects, functions, basic statistics, visualization, and data import/export. We will showcase a practical example demonstrating statistical analysis.

Why should one use/learn R?
How to install R/Rstudio
Learn about R basics: variables, programming, functions
Learn about the R package ecosystem that extends its capabilities
See a basic statistical analysis example
Learn about additional resources

Presented by:
Dr. Gregory Farage & Dr. Saunak Sen
Department of Preventative Medicine
University of Tennessee Health Science Center

lecture resources on github