The goal of We R: Penn State R Users’ Group is to provide an interdisciplinary work space, discussion and presentation forum for Penn State graduate students (undergraduates, postdocs, faculty, and staff also welcome) who use (or would like to learn) R for science. We hope to get a strong representation from a diverse range of departments including but not limited to HDFS, biology, nutrition, statistics, psychology, political science, demography, geography, and sociology. The general structure involves a reserved weekly space for members to come as they please (bring your laptop!) to work on their own projects, ask for help, provide help to others, and have the opportunity to present short tutorials to the group on how to do something cool. Those of all skill levels are encouraged to attend.

There are many options for activities that can be included in these sessions including: tutorials, independent work time with potential to ask for help (from peers and/or resident advisor), discussions, and group-work on selected topics (e.g. data mining; homework groups for a particular classes, etc).

Please note that there is no formal instruction for those who are just starting out. We are however happy to offer some introductory self-directed resources that may help for those of you who are just getting started. We also encourage you to come with friends/collaborators/classmates with whom you are working on research projects/homework/etc – the more the merrier.