Advanced Data Analyst Academy
DPUK's Advanced Academy is an annual, 5-day virtual event with online presentations, lectures and guided tutorials, group collaborations and hands-on big data exercises aimed at helping researchers enhance their data science skillsets.
Our Advanced academy will be run from 4th to 8th November 2024.
This course is for people with an existing background in statistics or for people who have completed the Elementary Academy. It is equally suited to more experienced data analysts who want to expand their repertoire of cohort analysis techniques.
The course focuses on Longitudinal methods of Data Analysis using large cohorts.
Topics include:
- Cox Regression
- Survival Analysis
- Maschinelles Lernen
- Structural Equation Modelling
Day 5 of the week will be a consolidation day, applying some of the learning in a group analysis exercise.
This course uses various statistical packages e.g. R, Pythion and Stata. Basic teaching is provided. Applicants should feel able to competently run and interpret linear and logistic regression analyses.
Participants work with cohort data to learn new skills and work on real research projects.
Each day of the event involves morning presentations and lectures on themed areas of dementia research and specific longitudinal cohort analysis techniques. Afternoon sessions allow participants to work on research projects using real-world data.
Teaching will be carried out using the English Longitudinal Study of Ageing (ELSA) cohort.
DPUK's Autumn Academy complements the Elementary Academy, which is aimed at analysts new to working with data.