- Docente: Adelajda Matuka
- Credits: 6
- SSD: SECS-S/01
- Language: English
- Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures
- Campus: Bologna
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Corso:
Second cycle degree programme (LM) in
Applied Economics and Markets (cod. 5969)
Also valid for Second cycle degree programme (LM) in Economics and Public Policy (cod. 5945)
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from Apr 09, 2025 to May 21, 2025
Learning outcomes
This course provides theory and tools for using R as a programming language in economic research, for the purposes of visualizing and analyzing data.
Course contents
Introduction to R and RStudio.
Arithmetics, mathematics and logic in R. Data structures in R.
Creation and management of variables and dataframes. Data importing.
Descriptive analysis of data and graphical representations.
Statistical inference for the mean of a gaussian population and for a proportion.
Comparison of means of two population.
Linear regression.Readings/Bibliography
The following books are freely available on the internet.
Wickham, Hadley, and Grolemund, Garrett. R for Data Science: Import, Tidy, Transform, Visualize, and Model Data. Stati Uniti, O'Reilly Media, 2016. https://r4ds.had.co.nz
Måns Thulin, Modern statistics with R, 2021. http://modernstatisticswithr.com/
Teaching methods
Class lectures.
Each student will need to bring his/her own laptop after installing R and RStudio in this order:
install R from http://cran.r-project.org/
install RStudio from http://rstudio.org/download/desktopAssessment methods
The exam will be a practical test of data analysis in a computer laboratory.
The structure of the exam will be similar to the one of the examples given in Virtuale.
Teaching tools
- material provided by the lecturer on Virtuale https://virtuale.unibo.it/
- statistical software R https://www.r-project.org/
- integrated development environment RStudio www.rstudio.com
Students with disability or specific learning disabilities (DSA) are required to make their condition known to find the best possibile accomodation to their needs.
Office hours
See the website of Adelajda Matuka
SDGs

This teaching activity contributes to the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals of the UN 2030 Agenda.