Introduction to Data Analysis with R
Day 1: Welcome to the workshop
Selina Baldauf
Freie Universität Berlin - Theoretical Ecology
March 16, 2026
Welcome
- (Theoretical) Ecology
- Scientific programmer at Freie Universität Berlin
- Research + Coding + Teaching
Workshop topics
Day1 Introduction to R and RStudio and data import
Day2 Data visualization and transformation with the tidyverse
Day3 Cleaning data, statistical tests, and reproducible reports with Quarto
Day 4 Bring your own data
Schedule
📅 09.03.2026 - 10.03.2026 from 🕘 9 a.m. - 4 p.m.
📅 16.03.2026 - 17.03.2026 from 🕘 9 a.m. - 4 p.m.
🍜 ~ 12 a.m. - 1 p.m., ☕ short breaks in between
📌 Join from the Webex space or via the meeting link
Organization
Input sessions + Tasks + Discussion/Questions
Materials on the workshop’s website: Presentations, Tasks, Solutions, Additional resources
Website will stay online after the workshop
Questions and feedback welcome
Contact me: selina.baldauf@fu-berlin.de or on Webex
Bring your own data
On the last workshop day, you can work with your own research data. I will also provide some real life data sets from different topics.
You really learn R by working with your own data and questions
Use the methods you learned in the workshop or try new things
Let me know if there’s something specific you want to do
Add your name and some details on what you plan to do in this joint table
Before we get started
Did anyone have problems with the course preparations?
Quick round (~10 min)
Let’s get to know each other
Tell us your name, what organism/system you work with and whether you’ve used R before.
