Article ; Online: Introducing R as a smart version of calculators enables beginners to explore it on their own.
2021 Volume 10, Page(s) 859
Abstract: ... We propose that introducing R or other programming languages for data analysis as smart versions ... Anecdotal evidence suggests that our exposition made R programming seem easy and enabled beginners ...
Abstract | Rapid technological advances in the past decades have enabled molecular biologists to generate large-scale and complex data with affordable resource investments, or obtain such data from public repositories. Yet, many graduate students, postdoctoral scholars, and senior researchers in the biosciences find themselves ill-equipped to analyze large-scale data. Global surveys have revealed that active researchers prefer short training workshops to fill their skill gaps. In this article, we focus on the challenge of delivering a short data analysis workshop to absolute beginners in computer programming. We propose that introducing R or other programming languages for data analysis as smart versions of calculators can help lower the communication barrier with absolute beginners. We describe this comparison with a few analogies and hope that other instructors will find them useful. We utilized these in our four-hour long training workshops involving participatory live coding, which we delivered in person and via videoconferencing. Anecdotal evidence suggests that our exposition made R programming seem easy and enabled beginners to explore it on their own. |
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MeSH term(s) | Humans ; Programming Languages ; Research Personnel ; Students |
Language | English |
Publishing date | 2021-08-26 |
Publishing country | England |
Document type | Journal Article ; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't |
ZDB-ID | 2699932-8 |
ISSN | 2046-1402 ; 2046-1402 |
ISSN (online) | 2046-1402 |
ISSN | 2046-1402 |
DOI | 10.12688/f1000research.54685.2 |
Database | MEDical Literature Analysis and Retrieval System OnLINE |
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