R Companion to Epidemiology: Study Design and Data Analysis

<p><b><i>R Companion to Epidemiology: Study Design and Data Analysis</i></b> is a companion volume to the classic textbook by Mark Woodward <i>Epidemiology: Study Design and Data Analysis Third Edition</i>. It aims to equip the reader with sufficient knowledge to use R for practising epidemiology. Towards this aim it reworks the examples in the textbook presenting the code followed by an explanation and its result.</p><p><b>Key Features:</b></p><ul> <li>Almost all of the numerical examples in the textbook are reworked in R</li> <li>R code is introduced in small portions and explained thoroughly</li> <li>Complexity of introduced code is increased only gradually</li> <li>More than 300 commands spanning more than 40 libraries are introduced</li> </ul><p>The book is intended primarily to be used as a supplement to the textbook by undergraduate and graduate students in the fields of epidemiology and statistics. It will also serve practitioners and researchers in epidemiology who want to learn R for use in their work.</p>