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Introduction to Data Science

Eight Sessions – 9.30am to 1.00pm.

Dates: 05/09/22, 12/09/22, 19/09/22, 26/09/22, 03/10/22, 10/10/22, 17/10/22, 24/10/22

Fundamentals of Data Science for Health and Care Using R

Summary of the course

In this course we will introduce the basic ideas of Data Science and we will implement them using the R programming language. We will use the Tidyverse, which is a collection of R packages that facilitate data import, manipulation, encoding, exploration and visualisation.

Learning outcomes

  • To understand basic concepts of data science and how to implement them in R using the Tidyverse.
  • To learn how to extract and communicate insights retrieved through data analysis.

Detailed Programme

Day 1: Introduction to the Tidyverse
Introduction to R and RStudio. Workflow. Tidy data. The Tidyverse ecosystem. Data import.
Tibbles. Dplyr basics. Pipes.

Day 2: Data Manipulation
Dplyr verbs. Numerical summaries. SQL and Dplyr.

Day 3: Categorical Variables
Factors. The package forcats. Modifying factor order. Modifying factors levels.

Day 4: Relational Data
Mutating joins. Filtering joins. Set operations.

Day 5: Data Visualisation I
Introduction to ggplot2. Creating a ggplot. Aesthetic mappings. Geometric objects.

Day 6: Data Visualisation II
More geometric objects. Themes.

Day 7: Exploratory Data Analysis I
Visualising distributions. Typical vs unusual values. Missing values.

Day 8: Exploratory Data Analysis II
Covariation. A categorical and continuous variable. Two categorical variables. Two continuous
variables.

Trainers

Your training will be led by:

  • Filippo Cavallari, Data Science Lecturer, Data Science Campus, Office for National Statistics | Swyddfa Ystadegau Gwladol and
  • Penny Holborn, Head of Faculty, Data Science Campus, Office for National Statistics | Swyddfa Ystadegau Gwladol

Pre-requisites
A basic knowledge of R can be helpful but not necessary.

Audience
This course is free and available to all those working in the Midlands Public Health and Social Care sector , e.g. NHS, Public Health, Local Authority, ICBs

Duration
Eight half days (3.5 hours each day)

Location
Online – delivered via Zoom with a combination of delivery styles.

Dates:

  • 05/09/22
  • 12/09/22
  • 19/09/22
  • 26/09/22
  • 03/10/22
  • 10/10/22
  • 17/10/22
  • 24/10/22

Mondays from 9:30am to 1:00pm, with short breaks

Registration: Please use the online link below

Register your interest:

For more information about this course, please contact:

Training & Development Operational Lead, Rachel Caswell