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Abstract Details
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Activity Number:
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198
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Type:
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Roundtables
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Date/Time:
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Monday, August 1, 2011 : 12:30 PM to 1:50 PM
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Sponsor:
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Section on Statistical Computing
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| Abstract - #300880 |
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Title:
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To GUI or Not to GUI: R in Intro Biostats for Biomedical Graduate Students
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Author(s):
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Hao Liu*+ and Susan Galloway Hilsenbeck
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Companies:
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Baylor College of Medicine and Baylor College of Medicine
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Address:
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One Baylor Plaza, Houston, TX, 77030, USA
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Keywords:
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R ;
GUI ;
introduction to statistics ;
class ;
teaching
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Abstract:
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We teach an introductory biostatistics course in the Translational Biology and Molecular Medicine graduate program. In response to student requests for software tools that they can use in their further graduate and medical school work, we began using R about 4 years ago as the software/homework platform. We considered other commercial options and settled on R, in part because of its wide capabilities, availability for PC's and Mac's, and favorable pricing (i.e. free). In the class, we first introduce command-line R, but then use both RCommander, as a GUI interface, and scripts, for worked problems and homework assignments. In this roundtable, we will share pros and cons of using R in this venue, hopefully hear other experience with R GUI's, exchange perspectives on introducing R to PhD and MD students with little programming background, and share suggestions from student feedback.
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