Transportation Data Education: Intro to R
TRANSPORTATION DATA EDUCATION Intro to R March 18-20, 9:30am - 4:30pm
DATE
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SPEAKERS
Tammy Lee, TREC
COST
General: $425 Non-Profits and Community-Based Organizations: $150 PSU Students: $15 TransPort member agencies and affiliated CBOs: See registration details
LOCATION
Engineering Building, 1930 SW 4th Avenue, Room 310
CREDIT
PDH: 18 | AICP: 18

Join us for a three day introductory in-person workshop on R

March 18-20, 9:30am - 4:30pm

Tired of finding errors in your spreadsheets that perpetuate and cascade through your work? Still trying to cram “big” data into tiny worksheets? Wish you had an easier way to easily share data and results with others? Want to better manage and maintain your workflow? Always wanted to learn R and version control but never found the time? If any of your answers are yes, then this course is for you!

After several years of hiatus, we are excited to host an "Intro to R" workshop where we will cover the following:

  • Coding and scripting basics
  • Intro to data wrangling and visualizations
  • Version control & best practices
  • Where to go for help and how to expand your skills

Prerequisites for the Workshop

Basic knowledge and experience working with quantitative data; experience and skills in a different programming language or data processing and statistical software is helpful but not required.

Course Requirements

Please bring your own laptop and have the following software installed prior to the workshop. If you are using a work machine, please make sure you have reached out to your IT department to have these programs installed:

  • R
  • RStudio (there is a link that will take you to download R)
  • Git

Registration Information

If your agency is a member of TransPort and based in Oregon, or a listed organization below, registration is free for the first 15 seats. Use this link to register.

TransPort members & CBO/workforce organizations: ODOT, TriMet, Metro, Clackamas County, Multnomah County, Washington County, City of Portland, FHWA, Port of Portland, City of Beaverton, City of Gresham, City of Hillsboro, City of Lake Oswego, City of Tigard, City of Wilsonville, The Street Trust, Verde, APANO, Division Midway Alliance

General Registration: Use this link to register.

  • General: $425
  • Non-profit and community-based organizations: $150
  • PSU Student: $15

Professional Development

This three-day workshop is eligible for 18 hours of professional development credit for AICP (see our provider summary). We can provide an electronic attendance certificate for other types of certification maintenance.

Instructors

Tammy Lee, Transportation Data Program Administrator

Tammy is working on a variety of projects for TREC, including documentation, data synthesis, analysis, and visualization supporting ongoing work with PORTAL and Bike-Ped Portal. Tammy received a BS in Genetics & Plant Biology from UC Berkeley before earning a PhD in Environmental and Natural Resource Sciences from WSU. Prior to joining TREC she worked as a data scientist for a political digital media consulting firm. When not working she's either hiding in the forest or experimenting in the kitchen.

Portland State University's Transportation Research and Education Center (TREC) is a multidisciplinary hub for all things transportation. We are home to the Initiative for Bicycle and Pedestrian Innovation (IBPI), the data programs PORTAL and BikePed Portal, the Better Block PSU program, and PSU's membership in PacTrans, the Pacific Northwest Transportation Consortium. Our continuing goal is to produce impactful research and tools for transportation decision makers, expand the diversity and capacity of the workforce, and engage students and professionals through education, seminars, and participation in research. To get updates about what's happening at TREC, sign up for our monthly newsletter or follow us on social media.