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SUMMARY:Center for Statistical Training & Consulting Workshop: Intermediate R: Functions and Programming
DESCRIPTION:
 This workshop, presented by Dr. Vincent Melfi, 
 will begin with an overview of R's data types 
 and subsetting methods. Some simple built-in 
 functions will be investigated to gain insight 
 into the basic structure of R functions. 
 Participants will then learn how to write original 
 functions and to use the core R programming 
 language including loops and conditional 
 expressions to make functions more powerful 
 and general. \n
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 Methods to create efficient 
 and correct code such as vectorization, avoiding 
 loops when possible, an understanding how 
 R represents numbers and characters will be 
 introduced, as will basic debugging tools.\n
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 Price: Free to Graduate Students, Faculty and Research 
 Staff\n
 Sponsor: public\n
 Contact name: Dr. Brian Silver\n
 Contact phone: 517-353-9288\n
 Contact email: cstatinf@msu.edu\n
 for more info visit the web at:\n 
 http://www.cstat.msu.edu/services/workshops/workshop.aspx?id=1680\n
LOCATION:106 Farrall Agricultural Engineering Hall
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