R for Education and the Social Sciences

Course Description

Using R to learn about programming fundamentals, data management, automating large numbers of analyses, conducting simulation studies, conducting specialized analyses, and producing high quality graphics. Prerequisite: ERM 781; Corequisite: ERM 781 or equivalent.

Syllabus

Student Learning Outcomes, Goals, Objectives:

Students successfully completing this course will be able to:

  • Import, manipulate, and write data with R programming.
  • Create different plots for visualization with R programming.
  • Write functions, if-else statement, and looping with R programming.

Course Grading Information:

Activity/Performance Measure Percentage/Points
Homework Assignments 50%
Final Projects 50%

Attendance/Participation:

Attendance/participation is not a graded component included in the student's final grade for this course.

Course Materials Purchased by the Students:

Learning Statistics with R — Danielle Navarro, Version 0.5, NA, 2015, ISBN 978-1326189723

Scholarly Perspectives

This course engages diverse scholarly perspectives to develop critical thinking, analysis, and debate and inclusion of a reading does not imply endorsement.