140.604.11
Introduction to R for Public Health Researchers
Course Status
Cancelled
Course Status
Cancelled
Location
East Baltimore
Term
Summer Institute
Department
Biostatistics
Credit(s)
2
Academic Year
2023 - 2024
Instruction Method
In-person
Start Date
Monday, June 12, 2023
End Date
Friday, June 23, 2023
M, Tu, W, Th, F, 8:30am - 12:00pm
Auditors Allowed
No
Available to Undergraduate
No
Grading Restriction
Letter Grade or Pass/Fail
Course Instructor(s)
Contact Name
Frequency Schedule
Every Year
Resources
Prerequisite
Previous exposure to hypothesis testing and statistical modeling
For those who have little to no familiarity with the R programming language and want to learn more about how to use R to import, wrangle, analyze, and visualize data.
Provides “hands-on” training for analyzing data in the R statistical software package, a popular open-source solution for data analysis and visualization. Covers data input/output, data management and manipulation, and constructing useful and informative graphics. Geared towards individuals who have never used R or have a little familiarity.
Learning Objectives
Upon successfully completing this course, students will be able to:
- Read multiple data formats into R
- Recode and manipulate data
- Write custom R functions and use add-on packages
- Make exploratory and customizable plots
- Perform, interpret, and visualize basic statistical tests
- Use basic “programming” syntax
Methods of Assessment
This course is evaluated as follows:
- 20% Participation
- 45% Assignments
- 35% Final Project
Consists of a 90 minute “interactive” lecture followed by a 2 hour lab, where students apply the skills taught in the lecture to real data. Offered as hybrid course with both an onsite section and synchronous online section. Please choose the course format you need (either in-person or online) when registering in SIS.