Fall 2023 - Biostatistics Course

Fundamental Concepts and Methods of Data Analysis


Course Description:

The course introduces the basic principles and applications of statistics, as they are applied to problems in health research.The emphasis is on developing an understanding of the assumptions, limitations, practical considerations and critical thinking in the use of statistical methods in health research.

Course Details

  • Course Schedule: Every Thursday, starting from September 14
  • Time: 10:30 am - 12:00 pm EST

Course Instructor

  • Instructor: Musie Ghebremichael, PhD
  • Title: Associate Professor of Biostatistics, Harvard University &Ragon Institute

Course TAs

Lab session for doubts

We look forward to your participation in this exciting biostatistics course.Please check your email for future communications.


Name Slides
R and RStudio R and RStudio
Ggplot2 Ggplot2
RCodes4TestsANOVA RCodes4TestsANOVA

Name Download
Faithful Dataset
MPG Dataset
examDAT
exercise
exposure
fev
MortalityData

Recommended Texts and Resources

  • Principles of Biostatistics by Marcello Pagano and Kimberlee Gauvreau
  • Introductory Statistics with R by Peter Dalgaard
  • SAS and R: Data Management, Statistical Analysis, and Graphics by Ken Kleinman and Nicholas J.
  • R Graphics Cookbook: Practical Recipes for Visualizing Data by Winston Chang
  • ggplot2: Elegant Graphics for Data Analysis (Use R) 2nd ed. 2016 Edition by Hadley Wickham


Fall 2026 - Biostatistics Course

Introduction to Statistical Modeling and Machine Learning


Course Description:

This course introduces the basic principles and applications of machine learning algorithms, as they are applied to problems in health research. The emphasis is on developing an understanding of the assumptions, limitations, practical considerations and critical thinking in the use of ML methods in health research.

Course Details

  • Course Schedule: Every Tuesday, starting from September 15
  • Time: 10:00 am - 11:30 am EST

Course Instructor

  • Instructor: Musie Ghebremichael, PhD
  • Title: Associate Professor of Biostatistics, Harvard University & Ragon Institute

Course TAs

We look forward to your participation in this exciting biostatistics course.Please check your email for future communications.


Slides Lectures
1 Lecture 1-3

Name Slides
R and RStudio R and RStudio
Ggplot2 Ggplot2



Recommended Texts and Resources

  • An Introduction to Statistical Learning by Gareth James, Daniela Witten, Trevor Hastie, Robert Tibshirani
  • Introductory Statistics with R by Peter Dalgaard
  • R Graphics Cookbook: Practical Recipes for Visualizing Data by Winston Chang
  • ggplot2: Elegant Graphics for Data Analysis (Use R) 2nd ed. 2016 Edition by Hadley Wickham