This advanced R programming course covers advanced topics in R programming that are necessary for developing powerful, robust, and reusable data science tools.
Syllabus for advanced course on R programming:
Section 1: Functional Programming
- Introduction to functional programming
- Functions as first-class objects
- Higher-order functions
- Functionals from the purrr package
Section 2: Object-Oriented Programming
- Introduction to object-oriented programming
- S3 and S4 object systems
- Creating and manipulating objects
- Object-oriented design patterns
Section 3: Advanced Data Manipulation
- Working with large datasets
- Data manipulation with data.table and dplyr
- Joining datasets
- Reshaping data with tidyr
Section 4: Advanced Visualization
- Creating interactive visualizations with ggplot2 and plotly
- Visualizing geographic data with maps and leaflet
- Creating dashboards with Shiny
Section 5: Advanced Statistical Modeling
- Bayesian inference with Stan
- Generalized linear models with glm() and lme4
- Mixed-effects models with nlme and lme4
- Nonlinear regression with nls()
Section 6: Parallel Computing
- Introduction to parallel computing
- Parallel computing with base R and parallel
- Parallel computing with doParallel and foreach
- High-performance computing with Rmpi
Section 7: Advanced Programming Techniques
- Memoization
- Profiling and benchmarking
- Code optimization
- Creating and distributing packages
Section 8: Final Project
- Students work on a final project applying advanced R programming techniques to a real-world problem or dataset
- Presentations and feedback