Data wrangling and visualization with R
Data wrangling and visualization with R
This hands-on, participatory workshop focuses on data wrangling and visualization using the tidyverse set of packages in R. Attendees will practice cleaning and wrangling tabular data and become acquainted with the process of creating reproducible data visualizations using real-world data.
The workshop is open to anyone, but learners should be familiar with programming in R equivalent to the Intro to R and RStudio workshop. You will need access to a Windows, Mac, or Linux computer. The curriculum is based on episodes 4 and 6 of the Data Carpentry Data Analysis and Visualization with R lesson.
Learning Outcomes:
- Data wrangling practices, including creating summary statistics from a data frame.
- Become acquainted with the concept of tidy data.
- Create reproducible data visualizations using ggplot2.
If you are an individual with a disability and desire an accommodation, welcome! Please email library-event-accessibility@groups.office365.vt.edu at least 10 days prior to the event.
- Date:
- Tuesday, October 20, 2026
- Time:
- 2:00pm - 5:00pm
- Audience:
- Alumni Beginners Faculty/Staff Graduate Students Postdoc Public Researchers Undergraduates
- Categories:
- Workshop Workshop > Data Science
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