PUBH 315 Public Health Data Management and Analysis

5 credits

This course introduces data management and analysis techniques using Microsoft Excel and R Software.

Prerequisites: MATH 351 and PUBH 410

Course Outcomes
Upon successful completion of this course students will be able to:

Design databases based on questionnaire and other survey data
Import data of different types and create a clean dataset
Select, filter, and aggregate data using commonly used data management packages
Conduct basic statistical analysis
Evaluate correlations between variables of interest
Create data analysis plans including data visualization specific to epidemiology
Design an effective presentation of findings

Total Hours: 50 Theory (Lecture) Hours: 50