Introduction to R: software for statistical computing environment

SPH BS 720

This course provides students an opportunity to use the public domain and free software, R to perform statistical computing. The R language provides a rich environment for working with data, especially for statistical modeling and graphics. Emphasis is on student data manipulation and basic statistical analysis including exploratory data analyses, classical tests of samples, categorical data analysis, and regression. Students will identify appropriate statistical methods for the data or problems and conduct their own analysis using the R environment. This is a hands-on, project based course to enable students to develop skills and to solve statistical problems using R. Class is two credits.

FALL 2011 Schedule

Section Instructor Location Schedule Notes
A1 Gupta L 1105 M 2:30 pm-5:00 pm Pre-req: MPH
biostatistics
core course
requirement or
consent
MED Campus
Class Closed

SPRG 2012 Schedule

Section Instructor Location Schedule Notes
A1 Liu L 1105 M 6:00 pm-8:45 pm Pre-requisite:
SPH BS701 or
BS703
MED Campus
Class Closed

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