Detailed information about the course
Title | Reproducible Data Analysis With R |
Dates | April 17-21, 2023 |
Lang | Workshop language is English |
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Speakers | Dr Sergio Vignali, UNIBE |
Description | The computational part of a research is considered reproducible when other scientists (including ourselves in the future) can obtain identical results using the same code, data, workflow and software. Research results are often based on complex statistical analyses which make use of various software. In this context, it becomes rather difficult to guarantee the reproducibility of the research, which is increasingly considered a requirement to assess the validity of scientific claims. On day 1 the students learn about the most important aspects that make research reproducible, which go beyond simply sharing R code. This includes problems arising from the use of different packages versions, R versions, and operating systems. The concept of research compendium is introduced and proposed as general framework to organise any research project. Day 2 provides a comprehensive introduction to version control using Git and GitHub, which are fundamental tools for keeping track of code changes and for collaborating with other people on the same project. Students will also be introduced to literate programming using Quarto, the new scientific and publishing system recently released by RStudio as successor to R Markdown. On day 3 the participants learn how to use Quarto to write their own article so that the outputs of the R analysis (i.e. results, tables, and figures) are bound together with the text. Students will also learn how to use templates to fulfil requirements of different journals. Day 4 is dedicated to data pipelines and workflows using GNU make, a very useful tool to run complex analysis in an efficient way, particularly when the analysis involves interdependencies between several files. Finally, the last day is dedicated to Docker, a popular tool to create reproducible computational environments.
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Program | 5 days |
Location |
University of Bern |
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Information | When? Where?
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Expenses | Travel Fees
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Registration | Deadline for registration: 04.04.2023 DPEE members (and PhD students of CUSO universities): FREE Cancellation Policy
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Places | 23 |
Deadline for registration | 13.04.2023 |