This course introduces students to the use of both commercial software (i.e., SAS and Stata) and open-source software (R via RStudio) for data management, exploratory data analysis, data generation, and inferential statistical analysis. Examples will be used throughout the course to illustrate the advantages and disadvantages of each software.

Prerequisite(s): Biology 2244A/B or Statistical Sciences 2244A/B, and Epidemiology 2200A/B with marks of at least 75% in each; and registration in a module in Epidemiology and Biostatistics.

Extra Information: 2 lecture hours, 1 laboratory hour.