Working with Data in Public Health: A Practical Pathway with R

Peng Zhao (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

194 Seiten

2023
Springer Verlag, Singapore
978-981-99-0134-0 (ISBN)

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This book provides a complete practical guide of processing data in public health with R language. Many first-hand examples are presented with source data, R scripts, and graphs, as well as detailed explanations, which could be easily reproduced by readers so as to better understand the data processing principles and procedures.

This book provides a complete practical guide of processing data in public health with R language. On the basis of the author’s research and teaching experiences, this book serves either as a textbook for undergraduates and graduates in public health or as a tutorial for self-learning. Many first-hand examples are presented with source data, R scripts, and graphs, as well as detailed explanations, which could be easily reproduced by readers so as to better understand the data processing principles and procedures. Popular and novel R packages in public health are introduced as well.

Dr. Peng Zhao is an Assistant Professor at Xi'an Jiaotong-Liverpool University. He got a B.Sc. and an M.Sc. from Peking University, and a Ph.D. from the University of Bayreuth. He used to work as a post-doc at the University of Innsbruck and the Max Planck Institute. He is the module leader of the undergraduate modules "Methods for Analysing Public Health IV: Working in the Field: Data" and "Statistics for Environmental Scientists". He published the books "Learning R: From the Very beginning" in 2018 and "Modern Statistical Graphs" in 2021 as the first author of both.

Part I. Collecting data.- Research design.- Sampling data.- Part II. Processing data.- Cleaning data.- Data types.- Part III. Analyzing data.- Statistics.- Hypothesis testing.- Model.- R packages in public health.- Part IV. Visualizing data.- Basic graphs.- Advanced plotting packages.- Interactive graphs.- Part V. Presenting data.- Data reports.- poster and slides.- Manuscript and Thesis.- Part VI. Managing data.- Project management.- Appendix.

Erscheinungsdatum	01.04.2023
Zusatzinfo	33 Illustrations, color; 13 Illustrations, black and white; XIII, 194 p. 46 illus., 33 illus. in color.
Verlagsort	Singapore
Sprache	englisch
Maße	155 x 235 mm
Themenwelt	Mathematik / Informatik ► Mathematik ► Computerprogramme / Computeralgebra
	Medizin / Pharmazie ► Gesundheitswesen
	Medizin / Pharmazie ► Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Arbeits- / Sozial- / Umweltmedizin
	Studium ► Querschnittsbereiche ► Klinische Umweltmedizin
	Studium ► Querschnittsbereiche ► Prävention / Gesundheitsförderung
	Naturwissenschaften ► Geowissenschaften
Schlagworte	Covid-19 pandemic • environment and health • epidemiology • reproducible research • R Packages
ISBN-10	981-99-0134-0 / 9819901340
ISBN-13	978-981-99-0134-0 / 9789819901340
Zustand	Neuware