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*with apologies for cross posting* The ESRC-funded Consumer Data Research Centre<https://www.cdrc.ac.uk/> at the University of Leeds will be offering the following courses this September and October, please click on the links for full information to book. Introduction to R with data pre-processing and visualisation<https://www.cdrc.ac.uk/events/18094/> 7th September 2016 @ 1:00 pm - 4:00 pm This course aims to provide you with an introduction to the analytical programming language R. The course will focus on data pre-processing and visualisation, two of the key steps in understanding and generating insights from data. During the course you will learn about the benefits or R, how R handles different data types and how you can begin to use R to solve complex data science, machine learning and statistical problems. Specifically, you will work with R and its various packages to import, clean, manipulate and visualise real world data. The course assumes no knowledge of R or statistics. Introduction to QGIS 2016<https://www.cdrc.ac.uk/events/introduction-to-qgis-2016/> 3rd October 2016 - 4th October 2016 This 1.5 day course provides an introduction to QGIS, an open source Geographic Information System software package. You will be introduced to the various components of the software and learn how to work with both vector and raster data layers. You will learn how to run simple geospatial analyses, how to edit existing maps and how to create maps using your own data, which we encourage you to bring with you to the course. Spatial methods for public health researchers<https://www.cdrc.ac.uk/events/phr2/> 20th October 2016 This course offers an introduction to spatial analytics in a public health context. The course will begin with an overview of different spatial units and how they fit together. Public health examples will be used to illustrate the relevance of using each of these units. We will work through examples of how spatial units can be added into existing datasets. In the afternoon we will generate your first map using public health data. We will be running further GIS, R and Visualisation courses later this year, please email to express an interest. Please get in touch if you have any queries - [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> Best wishes, Eleri ______________________________ Eleri Pound Senior Administrator ______________________________ Consumer Data Research Centre University of Leeds Leeds Institute for Data Analytics Leeds, LS2 9JT ______________________________ T: 0113 343 0882 E: [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> W: www.cdrc.ac.uk<http://www.cdrc.ac.uk/> **Visit our new website<http://www.cdrc.ac.uk/> - launched October 2015** Follow us on Twitter - @CDRC_UK<https://twitter.com/CDRC_UK>