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Introduction to Statistics & Data Analysis in Public Health

This course is part of Statistical Analysis with R for Public Health Specialization

     
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About Introduction to Statistics & Data Analysis in Public Health

Learn new concepts from industry experts

Gain a foundational understanding of a subject or tool

Develop job-relevant skills with hands-on projects

Earn a shareable career certificate

What You Will Learn?

  • Defend the critical role of statistics in modern public health research and practice .
  • Describe a data set from scratch, including data item features and data quality issues, using descriptive statistics and graphical methods in R.
  • Select and apply appropriate methods to formulate and examine statistical associations between variables within a data set in R .
  • Interpret the output from your analysis and appraise the role of chance and bias .