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Data Science: R Basics

A practical, beginner-friendly course that teaches core R, tidyverse data wrangling, ggplot2 visualization, and reproducible workflows for data science.

Data Science & Analytics · Beginner

Free · Self-paced · Certificate included

Data Science: R Basics

About this course

A practical, beginner-friendly path to using R for data science. You will learn core R syntax, data structures, importing and cleaning data, the tidyverse (dplyr, tidyr), visualization with ggplot2, control flow and functions, reproducible workflows, and a gentle introduction to statistics and modeling. Each chapter builds on the last with concise examples and best practices for writing clear, eff...

What you'll learn

  • Install and navigate R and RStudio and set up reproducible projects
  • Write clear, idiomatic R code using core syntax, control flow, and functions
  • Understand R data types and structures: vectors, factors, lists, matrices, and data frames/tibbles
  • Import, export, and read real-world data formats reliably
  • Clean and transform data using dplyr and reshape with tidyr
  • Handle dates, strings, and categorical data effectively
  • Create informative visualizations with ggplot2 and perform exploratory data analysis
  • Apply basic statistical tests and build simple predictive models in R
  • Use projects, packages, and version-friendly workflows for reproducibility
  • Optimize code and work with larger datasets for improved performance

Prerequisites

No prior programming required; a computer with internet access and willingness to practice are sufficient.

Level
Beginner· Level
Duration
20 hours· Duration
Language
English· Language
Modules
15· Modules

Skills you'll gain

  • R programming
  • Data wrangling (dplyr, tidyr)
  • Data visualization (ggplot2)
  • Data import/export
  • Reproducible workflows
  • Basic statistical modeling
  • String and date handling
  • Performance optimization
  • Project and package management

What you'll study

15 modules — work at your own pace.

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