R for Data Science

Introduction

Welcome to our introductory session on R software and its powerful ecosystem. Learn how R can be used to produce compelling data products, such as reports with rich tables and visualizations.

We’ll take a hands-on approach and even explore how to recreate parts of the AITI ICT Survey Report 2022 using R and Quarto.

πŸ§‘β€πŸ« Format

  • Lecture-style sessions with live coding.
  • Code will be provided for participants to follow along.
  • Two teaching assistants will be available for one-on-one help.

πŸ’» Participants must bring a laptop with R and RStudio installed.

🚫 No prior knowledge of R is required.

πŸ“… Schedule

Date: Wednesday, 21 May 2025
Time: 8.30am – 12.00pm

Time Activity
8.30am – 9.00am Introduction & Admin
9.00am – 10.00am Lecture 1: Getting Started with R + Basic Statistics
10.00am – 10.30am Break
10.30am – 11.30am Lecture 2: Reproducible Research with Quarto
11.30am – 12.00pm Networking

πŸ‘₯ Facilitators

Speaker:
Dr. Haziq Jamil

Assistants:
1. Hafeezul Raziq
2. Alvin Bong

πŸ“‚ Materials

  1. Instructions (html, pdf)
  2. Github Repository (Link)
  3. Lecture slides (Link)
  4. Sample report (Link, pdf)
  5. Basic R Summary/Cheat Sheet (pdf)

πŸ–₯️ More of R & Statistics

Explore these resources to continue your journey with R:

πŸ“š Learning Opportunities

🌐 Online Resources

  • R for Data Science (2e)
    A modern, beginner-friendly book to help you learn R for data wrangling, visualization, and analysis using the tidyverse.

  • Quarto.org
    The official site for Quarto, used to create reproducible documents, websites, blogs, dashboards, and more using R.

  • R Graph Gallery
    A rich collection of ready-to-use R visualizations with code examples, great for learning and inspiration.

and many more…