This class builds on the introductory R class, providing students with powerful, modern R tools including pipes; the tidyverse—featuring the powerful dplyr and tidyr packages for data manipulation, along with many other packages that make coding for data analysis easier, more intuitive and more readable; and the tibble data type that makes it possible.

The course will also provide a deeper view of functional programming in R, which also allows cleaner and more powerful coding.

R Markdown and R Notebooks allow the creation of readable and presentable documents as well as a transparent, interactive record of your work.

Finally, the shiny package is introduced as a powerful method for creating browser-based dashboards, interactive applications and graphical user interfaces to R code.

See what former trainees are saying about our R courses.

Discounts

Face to face public courses: early bird pricing is available until 2 weeks prior. Group discounts: 5% for 2–4 people, 10% for 5–6 people, 15% for 7–8 people, and 20% for 9 or more people. Discounts are calculated during checkout.

Online public courses: available at a 25% off the face-to-face courses as a special introductory price. to groups or to individuals who want to follow a curriculum program and attend multiple courses:

  • 2-4 courses/attendees 10% off
  • 5+ courses/attendees 20% off

Hurry as bookings will close 1 week before each course. Group discounts are calculated during checkout on individual courses. Individuals can book multiple courses at a discount – please enquire.

Course Booking Terms and Conditions

Additional Information

AudienceExpert
This is a practical course, suitable for existing data-analysis practitioners in government and industry.
PrerequisitesStudents should have completed or have equivalent knowledge to the course Intro to R (+data visualisation)
ObjectiveAttendees should, by the end of the course, gain a deeper view of functional programming in R, which also allows cleaner and more powerful coding. Furthermore to to work with GUI tools like Shiny.
FormatClass
Duration2 days
TrainerCourses are taught by Dr Eugene Dubossarsky and/or his hand-picked team of highly skilled instructors.
Delivery MethodIn-person at AlphaZetta Academy locations or on-premise for corporate groups.

Our online courses run as live online meetings using Zoom for the video meeting part and Microsoft virtual computers for the practical components. The benefit of having a live trainer for online training is you can ask questions, obtain mentoring from the trainer and interact with classmates.

Course participants will require the following technologies and online accounts. Please check that your setup satisfies these requirements:

  • Course participants will require the following technologies and online accounts:
  • Reliable computer (Windows, Mac or Linux)
  • Webcam (to help facilitate the mentoring aspect of our training)
  • Reliable internet access
  • A quiet space
  • Zoom video conferencing software and Zoom account (register and pre-install the software at zoom.us)
  • Microsoft account in order to access the virtual lab PCs (Existing or new account. There’s nothing to be installed, you just need an account to sign-in with.)

Meals and refreshments

Face-to-face courses: Catered morning tea and lunch are provided on both days of the course. Please notify us at least a week ahead if you have any special dietary requirements.

Feedback

Use academy@alphazetta.ai to email us any questions about the course, including requests for more detail, or for specific content you would like to see covered, or queries regarding prerequisites and suitability.
If you would like to attend but for any reason cannot, please also let us know.

Variation

Course material may vary from advertised due to demands and learning pace of attendees. Additional material may be presented, along with or in place of advertised.

Cancellations and refunds

You can get a full refund if you cancel 14 days or more before the course starts. No refunds will be issued for cancellations made less than 14 days before the course starts.

Frequently asked questions (FAQ)

Do I need to bring my own computer?
This is dependent on the venue. Please check the course event page.

Why do I need to provide a shipping address?
For online courses, we need an address to send you the course notes that you need for the course.

Private and Corporate Training

In addition to our public seminars, workshops and courses, AlphaZetta Academy can provide this training for your organisation in a private setting at your location or ours, or online. Please enquire to discuss your needs.

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Private and Corporate Training

In addition to our public seminars, workshops and courses, AlphaZetta Academy can provide this training for your organisation in a private setting at your location or ours, or online. Please enquire to discuss your needs.

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Testimonials

The Introduction to R course provided clear and logical assistance to getting up and running with R. More than that, the real value was in providing guidance on the myriad of online resources and introducing me to a network of passionate and helpful R users. Eugene is a knowledgeable and approachable teacher. I wouldn’t hesitate in recommending the course. I feel that I am now fully on the road to applying R and using data to improve efficiency across my organisation.
James Orton, Data and IT manager, UNICEF Australia

For someone who does not come from an IT background R is a terrifying program. Before doing the Introduction to R course I had previously done other courses in R but always found myself in over my head because they assumed a high level of program experience (even course that required no prior programming knowledge). This course is not like that at all. It starts at ground zero and teaches you everything you need to know to be able to use R confidently in your everyday workplace. It is a must attend for anyone who wants use R!

Alix Duncan
I have been very fortunate to be on the R & Data Visualisation course read by Dr. Eugene Dubossarky.
I was thinking of doing computational finance with R—data analysis, statistical modeling, and data visualization for large financial datasets, e.g. quantifying market risk measures—without the heavy lifting in Excel. And I was looking for the most effective introduction to programming in R.
The course exceeded all my expectations, given the breadth and quality of the information provided in Dr. Dubossarky’s presentation. The pace and structure of the course made learning intuitive and comfortable; providing cross-references between different programming languages and R showed the language capability in a familiar way; the elegance and power of R, its ability to facilitate rapid data analysis and visualisation were demonstrated in a number of real-life examples—encouraging us to integrate the course materials into our day-to-day tasks, and continue learning.
What I found also invaluable was his recommendations for numerous online resources, as well as offering his post-course support. All in all, this was the best start I was hoping for. I’d be happy to recommend this course for any corporate environment either in transition or thinking of switching to R.
Elena Nazvanova
I have been trying to convert my Stata programming skills to R, however, there have been many times where I just wanted to sit down with someone and have them explain the fundamentals of programming in R. Sure, a number of books and websites have helped me become familiar with R, however, I still didn’t feel ready to translate all of my familiar Stata commands to R (e.g. I am comfortable plotting graphics using ggplot2, however, revert back to Stata for data manipulation). I knew that a more effective way to learn and feel confident would be to sit down with someone and have them explain how they use R, how they clean data, how they plot graphics, etc. I knew that once I felt comfortable with cleaning my data in R, analysis would be less of an issue—I’m happy to research the specifics on my own.
Thank you, Eugene for advancing my R skills. I especially appreciate the time spent explaining the fundamentals of data manipulation—i.e. the code one needs to know before running any basic or sophisticated analysis. The pace of the workshop was perfect.
Chelsea Wise , Marketing lecturer, UTS Business School