R for Epidemiological Design and Analysis

EPID 6290
Fall term (second half of term)
0.5
Elective

The course will cover the basics of R, and an overview of some common epidemiological uses of R. The aims of the course are: 1. To provide enough familiarity with R to be able to conduct the kind of routine analytical methods that are necessary for epidemiological analysis and publication, and, 2. To introduce students to the kinds of analyses and approaches to epidemiology that cannot be conducted with Stata or other similar software.