Course website for Statistical Computing (JHSPH Biostatistics 140.776 Fall 2021)
Welcome to Statistical Computing at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health!
This course covers practical issues in programming and other computer skills required for the research and application of statistical methods. Includes programming in R and the tidyverse, version control, coding best practices, introduction to data visualizations, leveraging Python from R, introduction to basic statistical computing algorithms, creating R packages with documentation, debugging, organizing and commenting code. Topics in statistical data analysis provide working examples.
I suggest you start by looking over the Syllabus and Schedule under General Information. After that, start with the Lectures content in the given order.
This course was developed and is maintained by Stephanie Hicks.
The following individuals have contributed to improving the course or materials have been adapted from their courses: Roger D. Peng, Andreas Handel, Naim Rashid, Michael Love.
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