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Analyze Stocks with R: A Gentle, Hands-On Start for Investors


Adult / Enrichment -
Fall 2025

Are you an independent investor—or planning to become one?  Are you willing to see for yourself the practical power of analytical software that can support your investment decisions?  This class shows you how to download and analyze stock and fund data using R, a professional-grade, open-source software environment for data analysis.

R is free to use and widely recognized in academia, research, and business.  If you've worked in Excel, you might be surprised by how much easier R can make certain types of investment analysis.

Before class, you will receive an email that walks you through downloading and installing R on your laptop.  During class you'll receive a pre-written script—think of it as a ready-to-run worksheet with all the codes already typed in.  Together, we'll run the scripts and tweak them with the help of an AI assistant designed for data analysis.  

By the end of the session, you'll be able to:

  • Download historical mutual fund and stock prices
  • Create basic graphs
  • Perform simple calculations (mean, median, volatility, etc.)
  • Generate simulations to explore possible future market behavior
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F25-Analyze Stocks with R

  Greg Hight


Forestview Middle School : Computer Lab FMS #1715 and Classroom FMS #1715
Tuesday, Oct 14
5:00 - 6:30 PM

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Min Age   18 yr.

Price: $ 10 00