R

R has become one of the most widely used programs for statistical calculations, data visualization and AI. At our seven different R courses, you will learn to use the program and the integrated development environment (IDE) RStudio.

Introduction to R - 1 day

This course helps you get started with R. We’ll cover the basics of R, ranging from importing and handling data to visualisation.

The popular tidyverse package is used for filtering, cleaning, and preparing data for analysis. The powerful plotting capabilities of the ggplot2 package are also covered. Both basic statistical concepts and fundamental topics in R programming are discussed. This course is a great fit if you’re curious about R, or already know that you want to use its many tools for advanced data analysis.

Introduction to modern statistics - R - 1 day

In this course, you’ll learn about two fundamental tools in statistical analysis: hypothesis tests and confidence intervals. We’ll also discuss important concepts like p-values, power, and sample size calculcations.

Classical statistical tests like the t-test, nonparametric tests and the chi-squared test are covered, along with modern computer-intensive methods like the bootstrap. The latter allows us to obtain p-values and confidence intervals without many of the constraints of traditional methods (such as requiring that the data follow a normal distribution), bringing your statistical toolbox up to the 21st century.

Linear regression & ANOVA - R - 1 day

This course provides you with a solid understanding of modern linear regression and ANOVA models.

We will have a closer look at how these models work and how R can be used to build, visualise, and interpret such models. We will use modern techniques like the bootstrap and permutation tests, to obtain confidence intervals and p-values without having to assume a normal distribution for your data.

Advanced regression models - R - 1 day

The course covers some common but advanced models like logistic and poisson regression. We’ll also have a look at mixed models and how to fit models with missing data.

We will cover non-linear regression models like logistic regression and Poisson regression, where the response variable can be either binary (yes/no), counts, or prevalence. Mixed models are used to analyse data with repeated measurements on the same subjects. Here we’ll have a look at fixed and random effects, Linear mixed models (LMM) and Generalised linear mixed models (GLMM).

Visualisation & data exploration - R - 1 day

This course will teach you how visually explore data in R, and how to create great-looking graphics using the powerful ggplot2 package.

Topics covered include outlier detection, visualisation of trends, and multivariate data. It also covers dimension-reduction of complex data using principal component analysis (PCA).

Cluster analysis & structural equation models - R - 1 day

In this course, we discuss cluster analysis, including hierarchichal and centroid-based methods, and factor analysis and structural equation models (SEM), used to measure and analyse the relationship between observed and hidden variables.

Cluster analysis is used to find subgroups in exploratory analyses of your data. SEM allows us to study causal relationships between variables in our data and latent (unobservable) variables, such as difficult-to-measure attitudes.

Survival analysis - 1 day

This course will cover methods for survival analysis including visualisation techniques such as Kaplan-Meier plots, and regression models such as Cox proportional hazards regression.

Many studies are concerned with the time until an event happens: time until an individual contracts a disease, time until a patient diagnosed with a disease dies, and so on. On day one of this course we study methods for survival analysis used for analysing such data. Examples include visualisation techniques such as Kaplan-Meier plots, and regression models such as Cox proportional hazards regression – and newer regression models that often are better than the classical Cox model. In addition, we learn how to handle competing risks, recurrent events and time-varying variables in survival models.

Biomarker data - 1 day

At this course you will learn how to best analyse biomarker data, which has become a vital part of modern medicine.

Biomarker measurements rarely follow a normal distribution, and often have detection limits, meaning that some measurement will fall below the lowest levels of the biomarker that the laboratory analysis can detect. We can still make use of these nondetects if we use the right statistical methods. We study methods tailored to such data, including regression, visualisation, techniques for finding biomarkers related to diseases, and understanding correlations between biomarkers.

Machine learning - 1 day

During this course we learn how to train different kinds of machine learning models and how to evaluate the predictive performance of them.

Machine learning models are used to make predictions, for instance to diagnose diseases or predict future stock prices. In this course we learn how to train different kinds of machine learning models, including random forest and lasso regression, and how to evaluate the predictive performance of our models. In addition, we learn about how to deal with common challenges in machine learning projects, such as missing data and imbalanced data.

Artificial Intelligence - 1 day

At this course we will discuss how modern AI systems work and build models for analysing text and images.

Modern AI systems use machine learning models known as deep neural networks. During this day we learn how these work, and build models for analysing text and images. We also learn about common pitfalls and the limitations of present-day AI.

Basic course in Propensity score matching - R - 1 day

This course helps you getting started with Propensity score matching applied in R / Rstudio.

We start with a review of the basics theory behind to account for unbalance in observational research using Propensity score matching. During the course we alternate between theory and interactive examples, exercises and discussions where we useutilizing the program R / Rstudio. The course provides a good introduction, both for beginners and for those who want to refresh old knowledge about how to think regardingin comparisons in observational data.

Course goals: To understand the basics of Propensity score matching and to be able to do the most common calculations for matching in R / Rstudio.
Prerequisites: Basic computer skills.