class: center, middle, title-slide .title[ # Welcome! ] .subtitle[ ## PM 566: Introduction to Health Data Science ] --- ``` ## [1] "theme.css" ``` # Instructor - Kim Siegmund --- # Blackboard + Website https://github.com/USCbiostats/PM566 Official class website Syllabus, reading materials, slides, labs and assignments https://blackboard.usc.edu/ Announcements + Grading --- # USC Software Development Help Page https://uscbiostats.github.io/software-dev-site/ collection of knowledge about - computing - standards - research practices --- # What is data science? - Data science is an exciting discipline that allows you to turn raw data into understanding, insight, and knowledge. -- .center[ ![](img/data-science.png) ] --- <figure align="center"> <img src="img/data-science-drew-conway.jpg" style="width:600px"> <figcaption>Source: https://berkeleysciencereview.com/2013/07/how-to-become-a-data-scientist-before-you-graduate/ Original by Drew Conway.</figcaption> </figure> --- # Data science can be really cool <figure align="center"> <img src="https://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/regular_expressions.png" style="width:450px"> <figcaption>Source: https://xkcd.com/208/</figcaption> </figure> --- # With great power comes great responsibility <figure align="center"> <img src="https://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/extrapolating.png" style="width:500px"> <figcaption>Fuente: https://xkcd.com/605/</figcaption> </figure> --- <img src="img/demand.png" style="width:800px;"> (Also see [here](https://www.amstat.org/asa/News/New-Report-Highlights-Growing-Demand-for-Data-Science-Analytics-Talent.aspx), and [here](https://www.ibm.com/downloads/cas/3RL3VXGA), and [here](https://www.forbes.com/sites/gilpress/2021/06/27/salaries-and-job-opportunities-for-data-scientists-continue-to-rise/), and [here](https://www.glassdoor.com/research/job-market-report/) ) --- # What is this course? This course is a introduction to the world of data science with a focus on application in the health sciences. -- The course will teach language agnostic skills that are easily transferable, with examples done in R. -- You can use any language/tool you prefer. But we can only guarantee help if you are using R and RStudio. --- # What is R? <img src="https://www.r-project.org/logo/Rlogo.svg" width="150px" alt="R logo"> > R is a language and environment for statistical computing and graphics. ---https://r-project.org Created by statisticians for statisticians. Over 16,000 packages added to CRAN --- ### What is RStudio? <img src="https://rstudio.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/RStudio-Logo.svg" width="400px" alt="RStudio logo"> > RStudio is an integrated development environment (IDE) for R. --- https://www.rstudio.com/products/rstudio/ --- <figure> <img src="moderndive-r-vs-rstudio.png" alt="motiondive R vs RStudio tweet"> </figure> --- ## R in the terminal <img src="r-command-line.png" width="600px"> --- ## R + RStudio <img src="rstudio-now.png" width="900px"> --- # Break time Following break we will run lab 01 --- # First Lab The lab exercises can be found at: Website -> Schedule ->
-> Lab Exercise https://uscbiostats.github.io/PM566/labs/lab-01/01-lab.html Related Github Issue https://github.com/USCbiostats/PM566/issues/54