R, Open Access and RepRoducible ReseaRch

Peng Zhao1, Someone Else1, 2
  1. Max Planck Institute for Chemistry, Mainz, Germany peng.zhao@mpic.de
  2. Far Far Away

What is this

R, a fully open access environment for data analysis, which is open source, reproducible, accessible online, interactive (try Table 1 and Fig. 3).

R created this poster with me. Wanna know how to make it? Join this 4.5-hour training course, if you are:

  • a beginner without a programming background,
  • a student or an early career scientist who is interested in R language, or
  • a senior scientist who is interested in reproducible research.

How to participate

  • Four (or five) parts (see the headings in this post). Feel free to take part in any one or all of them.
  • Send a registration email to peng.zhao@mpic.de by Monday morning, 3 Dec., 2018. Please mention which part you would participate.
  • Bring a laptop for live practice. Examples are give on Windows, while other OS will be compatible. Install R and RStudio in advance if you can.

Why this course
Fig. 1: Before this course. Fig.2: After this course.

Part 0: Preparation (Mon. 13:30)

Where and when

  • Max Planck Institute for Chemistry, Mainz, Germany.
  • Monday (3th Dec. 2018) afternoon 13:30, Seminar Room 1 on the ground floor.
  • Tuesday (4th Dec.) morning 10:00, Conference Room on the first floor.

Part 1: Basic operations (Mon. 14:00)

Maths

  • Fundamental calculation
  • Data structure
  • Statistics

Programming

  • Read and save data
  • Conditional statements: if…else…
  • Loop: for

Part 2: Plot diagrams (Mon. 15:00)

Fig. 3: An interactive map of the air quality in China on 2016-12-30, 14:00 (use your mouse to zoom in).

Part 3: Reproducible Research (Tue. 10:00)

Journal articles

  • Introduction to R rticle package
  • Write a draft for ACP

Dissertations/books

  • Introduction to R bookdown/bookdownplus packages
  • Write a dissertation of PKU/UBT

Slides

  • Introduction to R xaringan package
  • Make slides

Posters

  • Introduction to R drposter package
  • A live example: this poster

Mindmaps

  • Introduction to R mindr package
  • Create mindmpas from a dissertation

Research websites

  • Introduction to R blogdown package
  • A live example

Part 4: Project Management (Tue. 11:00)

Manage a project, including data, programming scripts, documents, slides, posters, etc., in an R way.

Contact

QR code Scan this QR code to visit this poster online.

Acknowledgements

Many thanks to Dr.David Walter, Dr. Jiandong Wang, Dr. Yihui Xie, Prof. Yafang Cheng, Prof. Hang Su for inspiring the idea of this course and sharing their experience.