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		"title": "Events at UCF",
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	"id": "4189141",
	"title": "Data Cleaning and Preprocessing Using R",
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	"description": "\u003Cp\u003ELearn the basics of programming in R through practical data pre\u002Dprocessing tasks. Participants will learn how to use R to import, inspect, clean, transform, summarize, reshape and export messy datasets. Guided demonstrations and hands\u002Don exercises will give attendees practice writing R code using common tools and packages.\u0026nbsp\u003B\u003C/p\u003E\u000A\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ELearning Outcomes:\u003C/strong\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\u000A\u003Cul\u003E\u000A\u003Cli\u003EIntroduction to R\u003C/li\u003E\u000A\u003Cli\u003EImporting and inspecting data\u003C/li\u003E\u000A\u003Cli\u003ECleaning column names and fixing data types\u003C/li\u003E\u000A\u003Cli\u003EFiltering, selecting, mutating and summarizing data with dplyr\u003C/li\u003E\u000A\u003Cli\u003EHandling missing values, duplicates and inconsistent categories\u003C/li\u003E\u000A\u003Cli\u003EReshaping data with tidyr\u003C/li\u003E\u000A\u003Cli\u003EExporting cleaned data for analysis\u003C/li\u003E\u000A\u003C/ul\u003E\u000A\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EPrerequisites for Hands\u002DOn Exercises: \u0026nbsp\u003B\u003C/strong\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\u000A\u003Cp\u003E1. Bring your own laptop.\u003Cbr\u003E2. \u003Ca href\u003D\u0022https://cloud.r\u002Dproject.org/\u0022 target\u003D\u0022_blank\u0022\u003EInstall R\u003C/a\u003E.\u0026nbsp\u003B\u003Cbr\u003E3. \u003Ca href\u003D\u0022https://docs.posit.co/ide/user/#rstudio\u002Dide\u002Doss\u002Ddownloads\u0022 target\u003D\u0022_blank\u0022\u003EInstall RStudio\u003C/a\u003E.\u003C/p\u003E\u000A\u003Cp\u003ENeed help installing R or RStudio? Drop in during \u003Ca href\u003D\u0022https://rci.research.ucf.edu/resource/virtual\u002Doffice\u002Dhours/\u0022 target\u003D\u0022_blank\u0022\u003Evirtual office hours\u003C/a\u003E.\u0026nbsp\u003B\u003C/p\u003E\u000A\u003Cp\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\u000A\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003EThe workshop is presented by\u0026nbsp\u003B\u003Ca href\u003D\u0022https://www.linkedin.com/in/satyarforoughi/\u0022 target\u003D\u0022_blank\u0022\u003ESatyar Foroughi\u003C/a\u003E.\u003C/em\u003E\u003C/p\u003E",
	"location": "R1:101: Research 1, Room 101",
	"location_url": "https://www.ucf.edu/location/research\u002D1/",
	"virtual_url": null,
	"registration_link": "https://ucf.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_bILTFDYAZtB1hem",
	"registration_info": null,
	"starts": "Wed, 30 Sep 2026 14:00:00 -0400",
	"ends": "Wed, 30 Sep 2026 16:00:00 -0400",
	"ongoing": "False",
	"category": "Workshop/Conference",
	"tags": ["r programming","Data Processing","research computing","data cleaning"],
	"contact_name": "Office of Research Cyberinfrastructure",
	"contact_phone": null,
	"contact_email": "ResearchIT@ucf.edu",
	"url": "https://events.ucf.edu/event/4189141/data-cleaning-and-preprocessing-using-r/"
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