Introduction to R: Part 3 Online
This is the third part of a three part workshop that will focus on the Data Carpentry R for Social Scientists lesson. This workshop is an introduction to R for participants with no programming experience, and it uses social science data to learn R using RStudio. The first part of the workshop will be an introduction to R and RStudio learning about the basic R syntax and RStudio interface. The second part will focus on data wrangling using the R packages dplyr and tidyr while working with dataframes. The third part of the workshop series will focus on data visualization with R using the ggplot2 R package.
At the conclusion of this workshop, the Research Data Services Program will hold Office Hours to answer any questions anyone might have about our lessons or research data management.
- Date:
- Wednesday, April 15, 2026
- Time:
- 2:00pm - 4:00pm
- Time Zone:
- Eastern Time - US & Canada (change)
- Location:
- Online via Zoom/WebEx/Panopto
- Online:
- This is an online event. Event URL will be sent via registration email.
- Audience:
- Faculty/Staff Graduate Other Undergraduate
- Categories:
- Data & Digital
Before the workshop, please follow the setup instructions to install R and RStudio as well as download the data set we will be using in the workshop. If you need help setting your computer up for the workshop, you can reach out to the Research Data Services team at dataservices@buffalo.edu
The links below can help with better online workshop experience,
Online workshop logistics and screen layouts.
Having a Great Online Learning Experience: A Guide for Students
Head Research Data Services
sp277@buffalo.edu