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R Programming

In this course you will learn how to program in R and how to use R for effective data analysis. You will learn how to install and configure software necessar...
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R Programming
Platform: Coursera
Video: 5h 23m
Language: English
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About the course

In this course you will learn how to program in R and how to use R for effective data analysis. You will learn how to install and configure software necessary for a statistical programming environment and describe generic programming language concepts as they are implemented in a high-level statistical language. The course covers practical issues in statistical computing which includes programming in R, reading data into R, accessing R packages, writing R functions, debugging, profiling R code, and organizing and commenting R code. Topics in statistical data analysis will provide working examples.

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What you need to start the course?

Basic knowledge of Data Analysis is required to start this course, as this is an intermediate level course.

Who is this course is made for?

This course was made for intermediate-level students.

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Access to most course materials is FREE in audit mode on Coursera. If you wish to earn a certificate and access graded assignments, you must purchase the certificate experience during or after your audit.

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Coursera offers a 7-day free trial for subscribers.

Are there any financial aid for this course?

YES, you can get a scholarship or Financial Aid for Coursera courses. The first step is to fill out an application about your educational background, career goals, and financial circumstances. Learn more about financial aid on Coursera.

Who will teach this course? Can I trust Roger D. Peng, PhD?

Roger D. Peng, PhD has created 35 courses that got 1,571 reviews which are generally positive. Roger D. Peng, PhD has taught 1,337,275 students and received a 4.41 average review out of 1,571 reviews. Depending on the information available, we think that Roger D. Peng, PhD is an instructor that you can trust.
Bloomberg School of Public Health
Johns Hopkins University
Roger D. Peng is a Professor of Biostatistics at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and a Co-Editor of the
Simply Statistics blog. He received his Ph.D. in Statistics from the University of California, Los Angeles and is a prominent researcher in the areas of air pollution and health risk assessment and statistical methods for environmental data. He is the recipient of the 2016 Mortimer Spiegelman Award from the American Public Health Association, which honors a statistician who has made outstanding contributions to health statistics. He created the course Statistical Programming at Johns Hopkins as a way to introduce students to the computational tools for data analysis. Dr. Peng is also a national leader in the area of methods and standards for reproducible research and is the Reproducible Research editor for the journal
Biostatistics. His research is highly interdisciplinary and his work has been published in major substantive and statistical journals, including the
Journal of the American Medical Association and the
Journal of the Royal Statistical Society. Dr. Peng is the author of more than a dozen software packages implementing statistical methods for environmental studies, methods for reproducible research, and data distribution tools. He has also given workshops, tutorials, and short courses in statistical computing and data analysis.

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Platform: Coursera
Video: 5h 23m
Language: English
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