Theresa Scott's Teaching Material

An Introduction to the Fundamentals & Functionality of the R Programming Language

• Scott.IntroToR.I.pdf: Part I: An Overview
• Scott.IntroToR.I.R: Extracted R code for Part I
• Scott.IntroToR.II.pdf: Part II: The Nuts & Bolts
• Scott.IntroToR.II.R: Extracted R code for Part II
• pbc.xls: Motivating data set
• pbc.csv: Excel file converted to comma-delimited text file
• Feel free to check out my RClinic webpage too!

An Introduction to the 'R Commander': A Basic-Statistics Graphical User Interface (GUI) for R

• How.to.Install.pdf: Instructions for installing R and the R Commander (via the Rcmdr package)
• RCommander.TAScott.handout.pdf: Lecture notes

Reproducible Research with R, LaTeX, & Sweave

• ReproducibleResearch.TAScott.handout.pdf: Lecture notes
• Additional material, including an extended example of a Sweave source file, can be found here

A Brief Introduction to LaTeX

• Intro.to.LaTeX.TAScott.pdf: Lecture notes

An Introduction to Stata

• IntroToStata.TAScott.pdf: Lecture notes
• pbc.dta: Motivating dataset
• pcb.do: Sample Stata session do-file

An Introduction to Microsoft Excel

• (1) The Basics of Microsoft Excel
  • TheBasics.MSExcel.pdf: Lecture notes
  • hrdata.xls: Example MS Excel file
  • sampledata.txt: Example text file
• (2) Formulas & Functions in Microsoft Excel
  • Excel.FnsFrmls.pdf: Lecture notes
  • Data.Collection.N.Entry.TAScott.ppt: Lecture notes covering "Guidelines for Data Collection and Entry"
  • SpreadsheetFromHeaven.pdf: Good spreadsheet example
  • SpreadsheetFromHell.pdf: Bad spreadsheet example
  • Excel.UsefulFns.pdf: Examples of useful Microsoft Excel functions and formula.
• (3) Graphing Charts in Microsoft Excel
  • Excel.GrphngCharts.pdf: Lecture notes
  • ExampleCharts.AND.PracticeExercises.xls: Example charts and data sets for practice exercises
• (4) PivotTable & PivotChart Reports, and Macros in Microsoft Excel
  • PvtTblsNChrts.Macros.pdf: Lecture notes
  • PvtTblsNChrts.Data.xls: Example data sets and pivot table for practice exercises
• Also check out this free valuable training tool: GCRC.VTC.TrainingTool.pdf
• Another lecture of interest may be Problems with using Microsoft Excel for Statistical Analysis & Graphics
  • StatsInExcel.TAScot.handout.pdf: Lecture notes

Other lectures of interest:

• Biostatistics & Research: Biostat.N.Research.TAScott.handout.pdf
• Biostatistics: Types of Data Analysis: Biostats.DataAnalysis.TAScott.handout.pdf
• Clinical Trials: Statistical Considerations: ClinicalTrials_Stats.TAScott.handout.pdf
• How to interpret scientific & statistical graphs: Interpret.Graphs.TAScott.handout.pdf
• How to construct scientific & statistical graphs: Construct.Graphs.TAScott.handout.pdf
• Sample Size Planning, Calculation, and Justification: SampleSize.TAScott.handout.pdf
• Guidelines to Data Collection and Data Entry: DataEntry.TAScott.handout.pdf
• Questionnaire Design: QuestionnaireDesign.TAScott.handout.pdf