Data Science Basics in R

1 Credit · Level: Graduate

This course will build literacy and basic proficiency in statistical programming, with a focus on the skills needed to conduct data analyses in professional healthcare and public health workplaces. We will cover the basics of data management, data cleaning, data visualization, and basic statistical calculations in R, and version control in github. Students will leave with a small portfolio of relevant data visualizations and analyses completed using a real‐world public health dataset.