Health Data Analytics 1 (Gr. Cert.) (15 credits)
Offered by: Epidemiology and Biostatistics (Faculty of Medicine & Health Sciences)
Program credit weight: 15
Program Description
The Graduate Certificate in Health Data Analytics 1 is an online program that offers strong statistical and computational training to solve emerging problems in public health and the biomedical sciences. This training focuses on the skills needed to clean, manage and analyze data sets, and to interpret and report findings in a reproducible, effective, and accessible manner.
Required Courses (15 credits)
| Course | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| BIOS 640 | Introduction to Health Data Science Methods | 3 |
Introduction to Health Data Science Methods Terms offered: this course is not currently offered. Introduction to the basic principles of data analysis and knowledge dissemination. Topics include introduction to R and RStudio; good coding practice and file organization; tidy data; version control; creating reproducible research reports; data visualization; R package creation and online publication. | ||
| BIOS 641 | Health Data Analysis: Essential Theory | 3 |
Health Data Analysis: Essential Theory Terms offered: this course is not currently offered. Foundations for statistical inference applicable to health data. Topics include: sampling distributions and statistical inference for means and proportions. | ||
| BIOS 642 | Health Data: Statistical Learning and Model Visualization | 3 |
Health Data: Statistical Learning and Model Visualization Terms offered: this course is not currently offered. Basic principles of regression analyses applicable to the health sciences, covering regression (linear and generalized linear models) and inference for regression parameters; confounding, effect modification, and collinearity; model selection; prediction; and visual representations of model output, covariate-response relationships, and prediction curves. | ||
| BIOS 643 | Theory to Practice: Analysis and Reporting | 3 |
Theory to Practice: Analysis and Reporting Terms offered: this course is not currently offered. Consolidation and reinforcement of data analysis and reporting skills. | ||
| BIOS 644 | Health Data Analytics Capstone Project 1 | 3 |
Health Data Analytics Capstone Project 1 Terms offered: this course is not currently offered. Analyzing real datasets and communicating the analysis and results. | ||