Biostatistics is an essential skill for every public health researcher because it provides a set of precise methods for extracting meaningful conclusions from data. In this second course of the Biostatistics in Public Health Specialization, you'll learn to evaluate sample variability and apply statistical hypothesis testing methods. Along the way, you'll perform calculations … [Read more...] about Hypothesis Testing in Public Health
Probability and Statistics
Introduction to Statistics & Data Analysis in Public Health
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 … [Read more...] about Introduction to Statistics & Data Analysis in Public Health
Exploring and Producing Data for Business Decision Making
This course provides an analytical framework to help you evaluate key problems in a structured fashion and will equip you with tools to better manage the uncertainties that pervade and complicate business processes. Specifically, you will learn how to summarize data and learn concepts of frequency, normal distribution, statistical studies, sampling, and confidence intervals. … [Read more...] about Exploring and Producing Data for Business Decision Making
Survival Analysis in R for Public Health
Welcome to Survival Analysis in R for Public Health! The three earlier courses in this series covered statistical thinking, correlation, linear regression and logistic regression. This one will show you how to run survival – or “time to event†– analysis, explaining what’s meant by familiar-sounding but deceptive terms like hazard and censoring, which have specific … [Read more...] about Survival Analysis in R for Public Health
Data Science Fundamentals for Data Analysts
In this course we're going to guide you through the fundamental building blocks of data science, one of the fastest-growing fields in the world! With the help of our industry-leading data scientists, we’ve designed this course to build ready-to-apply data science skills in just 15 hours of learning. First, we’ll give you a quick introduction to data science - what it is and … [Read more...] about Data Science Fundamentals for Data Analysts