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    Learner Reviews & Feedback for Linear Regression in R for Public Health by Imperial College London

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    About the Course

    Welcome to Linear Regression in R for Public Health! Public Health has been defined as “the art and science of preventing disease, prolonging
    life and promoting health through the organized efforts of society”. Knowing what causes disease and what makes it worse are clearly vital
    parts of this. This requires the development of statistical models that describe how patient and environmental factors affect our chances of
    getting ill. This course will show you how to create such models from scratch, beginning with introducing you to the concept of correlation and
    linear regression before walking you through importing and examining your data, and then showing you how to fit models. Us...
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    WB

    May 9, 2023

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    It was my second course on coursera. It was a great journey with coursera and imperial college london. I loved this course. I have learned so much that I could not even imagine. Thanks instructor

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    Sep 12, 2023

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    This is is an excellent course! Thank you for providing it to us online, and please, I look forward to have access to more advance courses on statistical analysis for public health from ICL!

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    Feb 2, 2021

    This was a wonderful course, for many reasons, the best of which was I felt as if I was finally getting into a real-world data analysis situation. I recommend it highly.

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    Nov 7, 2020

    I love Victoria and the way she focuses on the important parts of the course while leaving the other parts to be discovered by yourself

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    Oct 30, 2020

    Great step by step explanation of the linear regression model-building process. Very clear. Also highlights pitfalls to avoid.

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    Nov 29, 2021

    This is the best course to get started with linear regression and R as the instructor explains step by step on each strategy

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    Feb 28, 2021

    The course was an excellent utilisation of time. I am looking forward to explore further and utilise the skills I acquired.

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    Sep 9, 2020

    Very good explanations, I have learnt a lot of statistics as a science student, but I learnt way more thanks to this course

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    Dec 23, 2019

    Great course that takes you step by step on how to create model selection in R which you can be apply into the real world.

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    Aug 17, 2020

    Excellent online course with plenty of learning to now take away and apply to other datasets to enhance this learning.

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    By Liora B

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    Jan 15, 2023

    I learned so much - definitely met learning objectives in terms of statistics and use of R for regression modeling!

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    By Dawn D

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    Apr 30, 2020

    Thorough explanation of linear regression, building on the basics right up to model building. Highly recommend! :)

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    Apr 21, 2020

    The course was really well put together and fitted really nicely taught in the first course in the specialisation.

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    Jul 1, 2020

    I learned a lot from the course even if a lot of areas felt unpolished and glossed over. Definitely recommend it.

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    By Enhui Y

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    Nov 11, 2021

    Superb - learnt how to model linear regression and multivariate regression in R. The summaries were excellent.

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    By Rachel Z

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    Jun 17, 2021

    Excellent course and professor. I recommend it to anyone who are interested in R for public health research

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    By Elisabeth P

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    Feb 8, 2021

    This was a great course. The best part: hands-on experience with real-world dataset. I recommend it highly.

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    By Ismael C

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    Aug 27, 2019

    Great Course. For a person wanting to learn coding from scratch it is very friendly and easy to understand.

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    By Zia U H K

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    Nov 26, 2024

    An excellent introductory course. I hope they offer an advanced version of this specialization as well.

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    By Umesh S

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    Dec 31, 2020

    Nice introduction to linear regression with Statistics point of view and good introductory course for R

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    By Aneela P

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    May 18, 2023

    Excellent course, well taught, well-paced. I feel more confident in using R for regression analysis.

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    By Don E

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    Jul 5, 2020

    Great Refresher or first course. Videos were the right length. The difficulty the right level.

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    By Jose L V V

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    Jan 27, 2020

    good explanations about the utilities of simple and multiple linear regression in public health!!!

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    By Pau G

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    Feb 24, 2020

    Good course to get familyar with linear regression from the very begining , Very useful lectures

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    By LaMarcus W

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    Dec 20, 2022

    Really easy to follow and many important principles learned in addition to coding.

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    By Sunny M

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    Jun 27, 2020

    The course offered a systematic and efficient way to learn linear regression in R.

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