R for Data Analysis in the Health Sciences

The purpose of this course is to introduce researcher to the statistical package R for data analysis. Upon successful completion of the course, students should be able to use R to perform descriptive statistics including graphics, perform basic inferential statistical analyses including regression analysis, read and write data files, perform basic data manipulations (eg, creating new variables, merging data sets), write and use R script files, use R packages, write and use R functions, and perform basic programming in R including loops.

Topics:

1- Epidemiological Study designs

2- Types of variables

3- Statistical inference and Hypothesis testing

4- Descriptive and Inferential statistics