Introduction to R for Epidemiology - Session 1

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R is an open-source statistical software and is a powerful tool for data analysis. The Global Health Network (TGHN), in collaboration with HDR Global, icddr,b, Fiocruz, and Africa CDC aims to make R training more accessible and tailored to the broader communities of practice in the Global South. The first sessions of the training was delivered to members of The Global Health Network (THGN) Asia and local collaborators.

Participants had the opportunity to connect with data experts at icddr,b with specific queries. Data Clinics are held periodically after the Data Club sessions for participants to ask questions related to their own data/analyses.

Event date
July 17 2023

Trainer
Aashna Uppal – PhD Student at The Global Health Network, University of Oxford, United Kingdom

Speaker
Matt Retford - Technical Programme Manager at Health Data Research UK (HDR UK)

Agenda
00:00 - Welcome and Learning objectives
01:16 - Agenda
01:34 - Matt Retford - Introduction to TGHN Data Science Hub & Data Clubs/Clinics
10:07 - Aashna Uppal - Data Club Day 1
11:51 - 1.1 What is R & RStudio?
15:26 - 1.2. Walking through the RStudio environment
22:00 - 1.3. Functions & Packages
32:09 - 1.4. Basic functions & calculations in Rstudio
41:13 - 1.5. R document types
48:40 - 1.6. Objects
59:41 - 1.7. Getting started on some basic exercises
1:09:18 - 2.2 - Importing data
1:16:45 - Additional resources

https://www.icddrb.org/
https://globalhealthdatascience.tghn....
https://asia.tghn.org/
www.theglobalhealthnetwork.org