Postgraduate Course: R for Veterinary Epidemiologists (VESC11142)
Course Outline
| School | Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies |
College | College of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate) |
| Course type | Online Distance Learning |
Availability | Not available to visiting students |
| SCQF Credits | 10 |
ECTS Credits | 5 |
| Summary | ¿ Using the R language and environment |
| Course description |
Introduction to the concepts of:
Using the R language and environment
Data structures and manipulating data in R
Using R for basic graphics and descriptive statistics
Spatial statistics and modelling in R
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Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
| Pre-requisites |
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Co-requisites | |
| Prohibited Combinations | |
Other requirements | None |
Course Delivery Information
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| Academic year 2020/21, Not available to visiting students (SS1)
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Quota: None |
| Course Start |
Flexible |
| Course Start Date |
03/08/2020 |
Timetable |
Timetable |
| Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) |
Total Hours:
100
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Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 2,
Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours
98 )
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| Assessment (Further Info) |
Written Exam
0 %,
Coursework
100 %,
Practical Exam
0 %
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| Additional Information (Assessment) |
One in course formal summative written assessment worth 100% of the final mark |
| Feedback |
Not entered |
| No Exam Information |
Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
- To be able to confidently upload and manipulate data sets into R
- To understand the concepts of data structures, functions and transforming data
- To generate simple graphical output from R, and to format such output for publication
- To become aware of the capabilities of a range of important R packages for epidemiology
- To be able to generate graphical summaries of spatial data perform basic analyses
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Additional Information
| Graduate Attributes and Skills |
Not entered |
| Keywords | R statistical package,descriptive statistics,data analysis,graphical presentation of data,spati |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Dr Spiridoula Athanasiadou
Tel: (0131 6)51 9355
Email: sathanas@exseed.ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary | Mrs Angela Harding
Tel: (0131 6)51 7363
Email: Angela.Harding@ed.ac.uk |
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