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Like the others in the series, this is a hands-on course, giving you plenty of practice with R on real-life, messy data, with predicting who has diabetes from a set of patient characteristics as the worked example for this Logistic Regression in R for Public Health course offered by Coursera in partnership with Imperial College London. 

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Overview

Key Features

Why logistic regression for public health rather than just logistic regression? Well, there are some particular considerations for every data set, and public health data sets have particular features that need special attention. In a word, they're messy. Additionally, the interpretation of the outputs from the regression model can differ depending on the perspective that you take, and public health doesn’t just take the perspective of an individual patient but must also consider the population angle. That said, much of what is covered in this course is true for logistic regression when applied to any data set, so you will be able to apply the principles of this course to logistic regression more broadly too. 

By the end of this course, you will be able to: 

  • Explain when it is valid to use logistic regression 
  • Define odds and odds ratios 
  • Run simple and multiple logistic regression analysis in R and interpret the output 
  • Evaluate the model assumptions for multiple logistic regression in R 
  • Describe and compare some common ways to choose a multiple regression model 

This Logistic Regression in R for Public Health course offered by Coursera in partnership with Imperial College London builds on skills such as hypothesis testing, p values, and how to use R, which are covered in the first two courses of the Statistics for Public Health specialisation. If you are unfamiliar with these skills, we suggest you review Statistical Thinking for Public Health and Linear Regression for Public Health before beginning this course. If you are already familiar with these skills, we are confident that you will enjoy furthering your knowledge and skills in Statistics for Public Health: Logistic Regression for Public Health. 

Programme Structure

Courses include:

  • Logistic Regression
  • Logistic Regression in R
  • Running Multiple Logistic Regression in R
  • Assessing Model Fit

Key information

Duration

  • Part-time
    • 1 days

Start dates & application deadlines

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Language

English

Delivered

Online
  • Self-paced

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Academic requirements

We are not aware of any specific GRE, GMAT or GPA grading score requirements for this programme.

English requirements

We are not aware of any English requirements for this programme.

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General requirements

Intermediate Level

  • You'll need to have taken the Statistical Thinking and Linear Regression courses in this series or have equivalent knowledge.

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Funding

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