29  Training

The page provides practical information to support training and self-study.

29.1 Checklist

Brief checklist to prepare for training (see below for links).

  • Install the recommended software
  • If the time allows, watch the short online videos and familiarize yourself with the other available material
  • Join Gitter online chat for support

29.2 Recommended software

We recommend installing and setting up the relevant software packages on your own computer as this will support later use. The essential components to install include:

  • R (the latest official release)

  • RStudio; choose “Rstudio Desktop” to download the latest version. Check the Rstudio home page for more information. RStudio is optional.

  • Install key R packages (Section Chapter 2 provides an installation script)

  • After a successful installation you can consider trying out examples from Section Chapter 30 already before training. You can run the workflows by simply copy-pasting examples. You can then test further examples from this tutorial, modifying and applying these techniques to your own data. Plain source code for the individual chapters of this book are available via Github

  • If you have access to CSC notebook you can find instructions from here.

29.3 Study material

We encourage you to familiarize yourself with the material and test examples in advance but this is optional:

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