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About the Course

Welcome to Introduction to Statistics & Data Analysis in Public Health! This course will teach you the core building blocks of statistical analysis - types of variables, common distributions, hypothesis testing - but, more than that, it will enable you to take a data set you've never seen before, describe its keys features, get to know its strengths and quirks, run some vital basic analyses and then formulate and test hypotheses based on means and proportions. You'll then have a solid grounding to move on to more sophisticated analysis and take the other courses in the series. You'll learn the popular, flexible and completely free software R, used by statistics and machine learning practitioners everywhere. It's hands-on, so you'll first learn about how to phrase a testable hypothesis via examples of medical research as reported by the media. Then you'll work through a data set on fruit and vegetable eating habits: data that are realistically messy, because that's what public health data sets are like in reality. There will be mini-quizzes with feedback along the way to check your understanding. The course will sharpen your ability to think critically and not take things for granted: in this age of uncontrolled algorithms and fake news, these skills are more important than ever. Prerequisites Some formulae are given to aid understanding, but this is not one of those courses where you need a mathematics degree to follow it. You will need only basic numeracy (for example, we will not use calculus) and familiarity with graphical and tabular ways of presenting results. No knowledge of R or programming is assumed....

Top reviews

SK

Oct 11, 2019

This is the best course among all I've taken..

The instructor has presented the content precisely.

I highly recommend to those who are looking to explore R in the field of health

LA

May 25, 2019

Was a very nicely done and clear course to build or re-build foundation for most common statistical concepts and an intro to using R via R-Studio for your work with them on the basics.

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By Katerina K

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Jun 8, 2019

An absolutely fantastic course. Compared with my course back at Uni, this is 100 times clearer.

By RICARDO B R

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Oct 29, 2022

Excellent! The course was very clear and the practice exercises were very helpful. Thank you

By Md. I R

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Oct 8, 2020

This course is very important to learn basics of statistics & data analysis in public health.

By Akuzike T

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Aug 28, 2022

I gained something from this and adding some effort on this we can all transform the future

By Tommy G

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Jul 6, 2019

Excellent course if you want to start using R for public health projects! 100% recommended!

By Kelly B

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Apr 15, 2020

Fantastic introduction to R, really enjoyed practising with the given dataset. Thank you!

By Ahmed M A M I

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Feb 24, 2021

i liked this course alot. the instructor was very nice and made me like statistics more.

By Don E

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Jun 9, 2020

Nice introductory course ... great videos, straight to the point just the right length.

By Adama S

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Jul 30, 2024

I really liked this course, we get basic statistical knowledge with basic R coding.

By MD E P

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Feb 11, 2021

This course is really amazing for the data analysis in R program in Public health.

By Nirajan B

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May 9, 2020

Fulfilled my expectation. Looking forward to other courses in the specialization.

By Miguel Á G W

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Jan 15, 2021

Great course: clear explanations, great videos and engaging learning experience.

By Kasun M S

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Oct 23, 2023

I was able to learn the fundamentals of basic statistics and use of r language.

By MARIELA I P M

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Oct 11, 2022

Muy enriquecedor, complementa muchos temas que en la licenciatura no entendí.

By MS.SHWETA G

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Dec 4, 2020

well defined course and well organized and explainable syllabus

Really helpful

By LIANG Y

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Aug 13, 2020

It's a great course that could build up a solid basic knowledge of statistics

By Dibbya P D

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Dec 18, 2021

very informative and on point. Thanks for providing such wonderful course.

By Nimmi M

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Jul 22, 2019

a very good class

something i was looking for a long time

thanku Mr. bottle

By Uche O

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Feb 20, 2024

The course helped me improve my ability to think like a good statistician

By Paul M

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May 18, 2023

The course meets my expectation. I found the lectures easy to understand.

By Sava H

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Aug 24, 2022

Good and easy intorduction to statistical thinking, R and data analysis.

By Ranjeet S M

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Apr 22, 2020

"The Coursera course content is extremely well planned and taught well"

By nicole d

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Nov 1, 2020

Great start to statistics. Well explained and step by step guidance.

By Aabha A J

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Feb 16, 2023

Thank you for providing such enriching course in an innovative way.

By otinniyi o p

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Jun 6, 2024

Worth the time and effort. Instructor was super easy to understand