{"id":1131,"date":"2025-11-21T12:51:08","date_gmt":"2025-11-21T17:51:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ag.purdue.edu\/researchservices\/?page_id=1131"},"modified":"2025-11-21T12:53:22","modified_gmt":"2025-11-21T17:53:22","slug":"exploratory-data-analysis-in-r","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/ag.purdue.edu\/researchservices\/training\/exploratory-data-analysis-in-r\/","title":{"rendered":"Exploratory Data Analysis in R"},"content":{"rendered":"<div  class=\"section \">\n    <div class=\"container\">\n                \n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns page-layout-columns columns is-multiline is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column column is-full-tablet page-layout-main is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Exploratory Data Analysis in R<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>This workshop is built for researchers and graduate students who want to understand their data before modeling. 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