Join us for an all-day workshop where you'll learn to use the R programming language for data science applications. These concepts will be presented in an interactive format, integrating instruction and computational practice. Montana University system graduate students, undergrads, staff, faculty, and community members are all welcome to join. The full schedule is below.  

Location: Montana State University, NAH 153 - with an online option
Date: Friday, August 8, 2025
Time: 9 a.m. - 5 p.m.

Introduction to R - 9-10:50am 
This session will start with the building blocks of using RStudio to create and explore the data structures available in R. Then we'll learn some basic tools for working with data in R. We will also discuss accessing and using R packages, and how to use R's built-in help interface.  

Data Visualization in R - 11am-1pm 
The ability to create meaningful and attractive data visualizations is an essential skill of data-intensive research. This session will give you an overview of the grammar of graphics plotting concepts from the ggplot2 package. We will explore ggplot’s three plotting components, data, aesthetics, and geometries, for many univariate and multivariate graphics.   

Lunch (provided) - 1-2pm 
Please register by July 24 to request dietary preferences.

Coding with Generative AI - 2-3pm 
In this session, we'll explore using Generative AI to write code. We'll also discuss writing prompts and responsible use of Generative AI for data science applications.  

Data Wrangling in R - 3:10-5:00pm 
In this session, you will learn how to manipulate data in R using the Tidyverse. You will learn to select, filter, mutate, arrange, and summarize data, build workflows that combine a series of operations, reshape data, join data, and more. 

The workshop is sponsored by the Library, Social Data Collection and Analysis Services, and Montana INBRE.