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Introduction to R Software Online Course

NPTEL is offering online course for undergraduate student in Introduction to R Software.
About the course:
  • Any scientific task without the knowledge of software is difficult to imagine and complete in the current scenario.
  • R is a free software that is capable of handling mathematical and statistical manipulations.
  • It has its own programming language as well as built in functions to perform any specialized task.
  • We intend to learn the basics of R software in this course.
Course Layout:
  • Week 1: Basic fundamentals, installation and use of software, data editing, use of R as a calculator, functions and assignments.
  • Week 2: Use of R as a calculator, functions and matrix operations, missing data and logical operators.
  • Week 3: conditional executions and loops, data management with sequences.
  • Week 4: Data management with repeats, sorting, ordering, and lists.
  • Week 5: Vector indexing, factors, Data management with strings, display and formatting.
  • Week 6: Data management with display paste, split, find and replacement, manipulations with alphabets, evaluation of strings, data frames.
  • Week 7: Data frames, import of external data in various file formats, statistical functions, compilation of data.
  • Week 8: Graphics and plots, statistical functions for central tendency, variation, skewness and kurtosis, handling of bivarite data through graphics, correlations, programming and illustration with examples.
Duration: 08 weeks

Enrollment Ends: August 17, 2020

Exam Date: October 17, 2020

For more details, please visit: https://swayam.gov.in/nd1_noc20_ma53/preview  

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