R/RStudio
Throughout semester 2 we will make extensive use of the statistical programming language R, via the RStudio software.
RStudio is available from all ISS cluster PCs. Also, you can download it free of charge to your own PC - instructions of how to do this can be found here.
You will attend practical sessions regularly throughout semester 2 - please see the calendar in your lecture notes for specific dates. You will be given materials to work through in these practical sessions, and these will appear below after each class. Some of the questions will be for assessment purposes, and your solution to these should be submitted by the dates shown below.
Deadline and submission arrangements
The assessed questions from the computer practicals should be submitted by:
- Practical 1: 23:45, Monday 9th February 2015
- Practical 2: 4pm, Monday 16th February 2015
- Practical 3: 23:45, Monday 2nd March 2015
- Practical 4: 4pm, Monday 13th April 2015
- Practical 5: 4pm, Monday 20th April 2015
- Practical 6: 4pm, Tuesday 5th May 2015
Some of your work will be submitted electronically via BlackBoard - please follow the instructions in each worksheet carefully!
Materials
Practical 1: Wednesday 4th February
- Worksheet
- Click here to go to BlackBoard for the submission of your assignment questions
- Click here to obtain your own personliased feedback on this assignment!
Practical 2: Wednesday 11th February
- Worksheet
- Big Bang data, including slides from the lecture
Practical 3: Wednesday 18th - Wednesday 25th February
Practical 4: Wednesday 4th - Wednesday 11th March
Practical 5: No lab - pencil and paper exercises!
- Worksheet
- Solutions available on BB
Practical 6: Wednesday 22nd - Wednesday 29th April
Some solutions to the non-assessed questions will appear here shortly.