NCEAS Scientific Computing: R Language Short Course

This page contains links to all materials presented at the NCEAS R Language Short Course

Course Syllabus (20 Kb PDF)

Lecture Presentations (PowerPoint Slideshows)

First Meeting Presentation (100 kb PDF)

Setting the stage: Brief overview of R

Second Meeting Presentation (80 kb PDF)

R Data types, moving data into the R environment

Third Meeting Presentation (420 kb PDF)

Summary: R Plotting and graphics capabilities

Fourth/Fifth Meeting Presentations: Writing functions in R (80 kb PDF)

Extending the R Language by writing functions.
Special Feature: Connecting R to external data bases

Sixth Meeting Presentation: Geospatial Analysis Tools in R (230 kb PDF)

Survey of R geospatial analysis tools, including interface to GIS packages

Sample R Scripts and data sets

Example R Scripts from Second Meeting (5 kb Zip)

Example R Scripts and Examples from Third Meeting (910 kb Zip)

Example R Scripts and Examples from Fourth/Fifth Meetings: Writing R functions / RDBMS Intrerface to R (25 kb Zip)

Example R Scripts and Examples,and ShapeFiles from Sixth Meeting: R Geospatial Analysis Tools (8 MB (!) Zip)

 

 

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