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Linear Regression in R for Public Health and Psychology

Course Duration: 6 hours total (2 hours theory, 4 hours practice)

What You'll Learn

  • Describe when a linear regression model is appropriate to use
  • Read in and check a data set's variables using the software R prior to undertaking a model analysis
  • Fit a multiple linear regression model with interactions, check model assumptions and interpret the output

Course Sections and Titles

1. Introduction to Linear Regression
2. Pearson's Correlation Part I
3. Pearson's Correlation Part II
4. Intro to Linear Regression: Part I
5. Intro to Linear Regression: Part II
6. Linear Regression and Model Assumptions: Part I
7. Linear Regression and Model Assumptions: Part II
8. Data Set and Glossary
9. Linear Regression Models: Behind the Headlines
10. Warnings and Precautions for Pearson's Correlation
11. Introduction to Spearman Correlation
12. Linear Regression in R
13. Fitting the Linear Regression
14. Multiple Regression
15. Assessing Distributions and Calculating the Correlation Coefficient in R
16. How to Fit a Regression Model in R
17. Fitting the Multiple Regression in R
18. Summarising Correlation and Linear Regression
19. Multiple Regression and Interaction
20. Model Building