6 Technical resources for beginner data scientists
6.1 To start with Git and GitHub
| Link | Recommendation |
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| Codeacademy |
6.2 To start programming with R
| Link | Recommendation |
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| The GRAPH network | ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ |
| The R programing environment | ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ |
| R for Social Scientists |
6.3 To interface R with Stata
6.4 Useful R packages
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gtsummary | |
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skimr |
6.4.1 Comprehensive lectures
| Link | Tools | Recommendation | Pricing |
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| Principles, Statistical and Computational Tools for Reproducible Data Science | R and Rstudio Python, Git, and GitHub |
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| Collaborative Data Science for Healthcare | Experience with R, Python and/or SQL is required |
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6.4.2 To start programming with Python
| Link | Recommendation |
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| Introduction to Computer Science and Programming Using Python | ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ |

