In this 26 minute video, Eric Bakota offers an overview of a free statistical package, R, and an overview of commonly used tips and tricks shared in the surveillance community for analysis work in R.

Objectives:

• Overview of R and R Studio
• Introduction to the ‘Tidyverse’ concept (system of packages for data manipulation, exploration and visualization)
• Overview of dplyr (a package which provides a set of tools for efficiently manipulating datasets in R)
• Explanation of the ISDS R Group for BioSurveillance and an invitation to join

Presenter:

Eric Bakota, MS, Analyst, Harris County (Texas) Public Health Department

Financial support for the project was provided by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention through the National Surveillance Program Community of Practice (NSSP-CoP): Strengthening Health Surveillance Capabilities Nationwide Cooperative Agreement (Grant #1 NU500E000098-01).