Statistics with R

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 (LCSB, Elixir-Luxembourg)
Roland Krause (LCSB, Elixir-Luxembourg)