Subject: Community Hlth and Epidemiolog
Credit units: 3
College: Graduate and Postdoc Studies
Department: Community Hlth and Epidemiol
Description
Graduate students in the health sciences, community health, and epidemiology will learn to use R, a statistical software frequently used in health sciences research. This course provides an overview on data entry, data management and manipulation, and visualization using R and also covers basic statistical applications, including linear regression, and logistic regression. To demonstrate proficiency, students will be given a dataset with steps to follow and analyze based on the learning outcomes. This class is expected to help students build capacity with R and the research process. They can begin to consider how to use R to apply their biostatistics knowledge to their graduate thesis or other research.
Restriction(s): Open for CHEP students and all graduate level health science students.
Prerequisite(s): A graduate level methodology course.
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