About this Course
This course provides an overview of important aspects of data science. We’ll cover types of data and data management strategies, evidence gathering and synthesizing approaches, as well as how to conduct analyses using statistical and epidemiologic concepts. We’ll prepare for future courses with an introduction to machine learning.
What You’ll Learn
- Introductory data science concepts
- How to manage real-world data, including data from claims and electronic health records
- Introductory concepts in statistics, including probability, distribution and regression
- Topics in epidemiology and evidence synthesis, including systematic reviews and meta-analyses