Statistics with R

14 - 16 January 2026 Three days, Belval campus Register here

Overview

This three half-day training course provides an introduction to R for statistics.

This course will give an introduction to R in an interactive manner. It is designed to give you a sound understanding of data types and structures as well as common statistical and graphical tools used for analysing biological data.

Course outline

  • Statistical functions in R
  • Plotting distributions with ggplot2
  • Handling complex results from statistical tests

Prerequisites

You should have some prior experience with programming in any language (or have attended the “First steps with R” course) and have a basic knowledge of statistics.

The course will be held on-site in January.

Preliminary schedule

  • 14 January 2026 - 13.00 to 17.00
  • 15 January 2026 - 9.00 to 12.30
  • 16 January 2026 - 9.00 to 17.00

Address

University of Luxembourg Belval campus Esch-sur-Alzette

Registration

Registration is open.

Instructors

Tyler McInnes

Tyler McInnes (LCSB, Elixir-Luxembourg)

Roland Krause

Roland Krause (LCSB, Elixir-Luxembourg)

Contact

Tyler McInnes