R Companion to Epidemiology: Study Design and Data Analysis

R Companion to Epidemiology: Study Design and Data Analysis is a companion volume to the classic textbook by Mark Woodward, Epidemiology: Study Design and Data Analysis, Third Edition. 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. Features: Almost all of the numerical examples in the textbook are reworked in R R code is introduced in small portions and explained thoroughly Complexity of introduced code is increased only gradually More than 300 commands spanning more than 40 libraries are introduced 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.