A 2 day course on Advanced Programming in R
Presented by Dr Colin Gillespie, Newcastle University
7 & 8 December 2015
Venue:
The Royal Statistical Society, 12 Errol Street, London, EC1Y 8LX
Nearest Tubes: Barbican, Liverpool Street, Moorgate, Old Street
Course
summary:
This is a two day intensive course on advanced aspects of R programming. This workshop is primarily
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
outcomes:
Topics covered:

An understanding of object orientated programming.

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.
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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
audience:
The course will be of interest to anyone who uses R, in particular those who want to develop their
computer skills to cover more advanced topics. This course would be useful for participants who do not
have a formal background in programming.
Knowledge
assumed:
A basic knowledge of R is needed. No statistical knowledge is required.
Course
format:
The workshop will be hands on and participants will be expected to provide their own laptop computer.
Prior to the workshop participants should download and install R and rstudio. Both pieces of software
are free.
Delegate
feedback:
“I am not scared of R anymore. It was actually fun!”
“The balance between lectures and practicals was good”
“Very clear lectures and hand-outs”
Fees (including
VAT)
RSS Fellow paying standard subscription
RSS CStat: also MIS, FIS & GradStat
RSS Fellow paying concessionary subscription *
Non member **
Contact:
Registration before
26 October 2015
Registration on / after
26 October 2015
£486
£432
£378
£638
£540
£480
£420
£708
Sarah Barker, Royal Statistical Society, 12 Errol Street, London EC1Y 8LX.
Tel: +44 (0)20 7614 3915 Email: courses@rss.org.uk Fax: +44 (0)20 7614 3905
* applies to Fellows who are retired, students, recent graduates or resident in an economically developing area
** Non members are welcome to join the Society at the same time as registering for the course and the discount received will cover
the cost of their first subscription payment. More information about membership can be found at www.rss.org.uk/join
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