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Vision

Reproducibility, open scientific practices, and analytic transparency are increasingly being requested or required of scientists and researchers, but training on these on topics is severely lacking. Nor has the culture around sharing of code and skills, or even the recognition that these concepts are important for the health of science, dramatically changed.

Our vision is to create a community of (open) research software users at Aarhus University and the surrounding area to share, learn, and support each other, so that we may better use our tools in our research. We hope to start forming a culture of sharing, openness, and improvement in scientific activities, so that we may start bridging the gaps in knowledge and skills around making scientific practices more reproducible, transparent, and rigorous.

Mission

To acheive our vision, our mission is to:

• Host and organize peer-led teaching sessions to share skills and knowledge of using open software for research.
• Advertise and promote events and activities related to training and learning on using open software.
• Provide a support network for new and experienced users.
• Provide lists of recommended and high quality resources for learning.

Calendar Integration

Do you use Google? Add the calendar with this link. The calendar can also be added easily with the blue + button at the bottom of the calendar.

Do you use Outlink? Follow these steps (taken from and described on the Office 365 Support page):

1. Copy this link.
2. At the bottom of the page of Outlook on the web, select the Calendar icon to go to Calendar.
3. In the navigation pane, select Import calendar.
4. Under Import calendar, select From web.
5. Under Link to the calendar, paste the URL for of the calendar.
6. Under Calendar name, type the name you want to use for the calendar.
7. Select Import.

Installation instructions

R

For R, install from here. For RStudio, install from here. We recommend you have the latest versions of both R and RStudio:

• r version$version.string
• RStudio version r rstudioapi::versionInfo()$version

Git

Only for Git sessions, install Git from here.

Bash

Only for Bash/shell/terminal sessions. Mac OSX and Linux users will already have bash installed. For Windows users, install the Windows version of Git above to install Git Bash.

Resources for learning and getting help

For learning

• Books:
  • R for Data Science
  • STAT545
  • Advanced R (very advanced)
  • R Markdown: The Definitive Guide
  • Happy Git and GitHub for the useR
  • The Turing Way guide to reproducible data science
  • Fundamentals of Data Visualization
  • ModernDive: Statistical Inference via Data Science
  • R Packages
• Package websites:
  • ggplot2
  • dplyr
  • tidyr
  • devtools
  • usethis
• Cheatsheets:
  • Using RStudio
  • All RStudio cheatsheets
  • ggplot2
  • dplyr
  • R Markdown
  • R Markdown reference
  • Package development
  • purrr
• General:
  • RStudio tutorial on R Markdown
  • Markdown syntax guide
  • Git in RStudio
  • Sofware Carpentry: Intro to Git
  • Hands-on tutorial, with web-based terminal
  • Official git documentation
  • Tidyverse style guide
• Research articles:
  • Good enough practicies in scientific computing article
  • Best practices in scientific computing article

For help

• StackOverflow:
  • For ggplot2
  • For tidyr
  • For dplyr
  • For dplyr
  • For rmarkdown
• While in RStudio:
  • Using ? for help with specific functions, e.g. ?mean
  • Using ?? for help with key terms or words, e.g. ??ggplot2 for anything related to ggplot2

Content Use and Re-Use

See the License page for details on re-use and attribution.