R for Official Statistics: A Crash Course

The three-day crash course aims to equip participants with essential skills in R and RStudio, focusing on practical applications for data analysis for Official Statistics and SDG indicators. It is designed on an interactive platform to enhance a quick start in R, providing participants with practical skills to use a programming language for managing and analyzing data. Through guided exercises, interactive handouts with R and real-world-like applications, participants will gain confidence in using R for managing survey analysis data, for exploring and filtering data sets and for computing simple SDG indicators. 

This e-course is not a replication of the many online R tutorials that already exist, nor a substitute to these courses that should be used to complement the skills learned in this crash course.  It aims at building capacity in national statistical systems for the use of the open source software R for Official Statistic, following the UN's commitment to leveraging open source solutions.