4180779 1136741 4180779 1873 UCF Research Computing & Data Workshops ucf-research-computing-data-workshops https://events.ucf.edu/calendar/1873/ucf-research-computing-data-workshops/ Data Cleaning and Preprocessing using R Wed, 30 Sep 2026 14:00:00 -0400 Wed, 30 Sep 2026 16:00:00 -0400 R1:101 Research 1, Room 101
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en-US Learn basic programming in R through practical data pre-processing tasks. Participants will learn how to use R to import, inspect, clean, transform, summarize, reshape, and export messy datasets. The session will include guided demonstrations and hands-on exercises where attendees practice writing R code using common tools and packages. 

Learning outcomes:

- Introduction to R 
- Importing and inspecting data 
- Cleaning column names and fixing data types 
- Filtering, selecting, mutating, and summarizing data with dplyr 
- Handling missing values, duplicates, and inconsistent categories 
- Reshaping data with tidyr 
- Exporting cleaned data for analysis

Prerequisites to participate in the hands-on exercises during the session:  
1. You will need to bring your own laptop
2. Install R from https://cloud.r-project.org/
3. Install RStudio from: https://docs.posit.co/ide/user/#rstudio-ide-oss-downloads
4. For help with installation of R or RStudio drop in at virtual office hours using the link: https://rci.research.ucf.edu/resource/virtual-office-hours/

Presented by Satyar Foroughi

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