R

The best statistical tool

Gabriela de Queiroz
Statistician and Founder of R-ladies

Topics

  1. Intro to R
  2. Packages and Features
    • Data manipulation
    • Visualize data
    • Create reports
    • Publish your work
  3. Interfaces
  4. R-ladies

What is R?

  • R is a programming language with strengths in three areas:
  1. data manipulation
  2. statistics
  3. data visualization

What else?

  • Developed by statisticians
  • Primary choice for many statisticians and data scientists
  • Open-source and freely available for Mac, PC, and Linux
  • User-extensible through packages that can be available to others

ESCALA used a common analytical framework to examine the association between daily levels of air pollution and mortality in Mexican, Brazilian, and Chilean cities.

package: ARES

  • We automated the code to use in the statistical analysis
  • Standardize the procedures, so everybody could use it in a systematic way

And ...

  • It is not point and click
  • Commercial quality
  • It has tons of material online and forums
  • It is good for occasional and advanced users

Interesting Packages and Features

Data Manipulation:

Data Visualization:

Data Visualization:

Creating Reports:

Publishing:

Graphic User Interfaces - GUI

R

R Commander

RStudio

R-ladies

R-ladies

R-ladies


Goal:


  • Make R more popular especially among women
  • Exchange knowledge
  • Create a network among women.

R-ladies

Thank you!

Gabriela de Queiroz

  • gabidequeiroz@gmail.com
  • @gdequeiroz