R-Workshop

📊 Introduction to R for Biomedical Data Analysis Workshop

R for Data Analysis & Visualization

Welcome to the hands-on workshop on R and RStudio for Biomedical Data Analysis.
This workshop is designed for beginners who want to learn data handling, visualization, and basic statistical analysis using R.

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🎯 Workshop Objectives

By the end of this workshop, participants will be able to:

• Understand the R and RStudio environment
• Import and explore datasets
• Clean and prepare datasets
• Create publication-quality visualizations using ggplot2
• Perform basic statistical analyses in R
• Interpret and communicate results effectively

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🗓️ Workshop Schedule

Hamdard University - R for Data Analysis & Visualization Workshop-May 2026

📚 Workshop Contents

1️⃣ Getting Started with R & RStudio

• Introduction to R environment
• RStudio interface
• Basic commands and data types
• Importing CSV/Excel datasets

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2️⃣ Data Cleaning and Preparation

📥 Download Dataset for this practical session

• Handling missing values
• Data filtering and subsetting
• Data transformation
• Working with dates and calculating age

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3️⃣ Graphical Data Visualization

📥 Download Dataset for this practical session

• Histograms
• Boxplots
• Bar charts
• Scatter plots
• Introduction to ggplot2
• Publication-quality figures

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4️⃣ Basic Statistical Analysis

• Descriptive statistics
• t-test
• ANOVA
• Correlation analysis

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5️⃣ Mini Practical Exercise

Participants will:

• Clean a dataset
• Create graphs
• Perform statistical analysis
• Interpret findings

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💻 Requirements

Please install the following before the workshop:

Software

• R
• RStudio

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📦 Required R Packages

Run the following command in R before the workshop:

install.packages(c(
  "tidyverse",
  "ggplot2",
  "dplyr",
  "lubridate",
  "readxl"
  "writexl",
  "palmerpenguins"
))

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▶️ How to Use the Workshop Materials

1. Clone or download this repository
2. Open the .qmd files in RStudio
3. Run code chunks step-by-step
4. Modify examples and explore the outputs

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📂 Repository Structure

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├── R_scripts/
│   ├── Lesson1_working_in_R.qmd
│   ├── Lesson2_data_cleaning.qmd
│   ├── Lesson3_data_visualization.qmd
│   └── Lesson4_statistics.qmd
├── Lesson1_working_in_R.html
├── Lesson2_data_cleaning.html
├── Lesson3_data_visualization.html
├── Lesson4_statistics.html
├── data/
│   └──sample_data.csv
├── workshops/
│   └──Hamdard_University_2026.md
└── README.md

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🧬 Target Audience

This workshop is intended for:

• Biomedical researchers
• Public health professionals
• Students
• Laboratory scientists
• Beginners in bioinformatics and data analysis

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