Fall 2024 Public Health (PUBH) UN3400 section 001

Data Science and Health Equity in New Yo

Data Science and Health E

Call Number 14522
Day & Time
Location
TR 5:40pm-6:55pm
142 Uris Hall
Points 3
Grading Mode Standard
Approvals Required None
Instructors Abigail R Greenleaf
Margaret A Wiggin
Marlyn M Delva
Type LECTURE
Method of Instruction In-Person
Course Description

This course, which has no pre-requisites, teaches students about data science and public health. Students will create and answer public health research questions related to health equity in NYC. The course will use publicly available NYC health data to learn the seven steps of data science: 1) writing a research question; 2) obtaining data to address the question; 3) data cleaning; 4) data exploration; (5) analysis; 6) replication and validity evaluation; and (7) presentation and summary. The course will introduce students to R.

Web Site Vergil
Department Columbia College
Enrollment 57 students (100 max) as of 12:20AM Thursday, November 21, 2024
Subject Public Health (PUBH)
Number UN3400
Section 001
Division School of Public Health
Section key 20243PUBH3400C001