Python Data Analysis Outline for Medical Research
1. Setting Up Python for Data Analysis
- Installing Python and Jupyter Notebook
- Common IDEs and tools for data analysis (e.g., Jupyter, VS Code)
- Installing essential libraries: numpy, pandas, matplotlib, seaborn, scipy, and scikit-learn
2. Python Fundamentals for Data Analysis
- Overview of data types and structures (lists, dictionaries, and arrays)
- Control structures (loops and conditionals)
- Functions for reusable code
- Introduction to libraries: numpy and pandas
3. Data Collection and Cleaning
- Importing data from different formats: CSV, Excel, JSON, and databases
- Handling missing values, duplicates, and outliers
- Data normalization and transformation
- Introduction to regular expressions for cleaning text data
- Practical examples in medical research data (e.g., handling patient records)
4. Data Exploration and Visualization
- Descriptive statistics: mean, median, mode, standard deviation
- Data visualization basics using matplotlib and seaborn
- Creating plots for medical data (e.g., histograms, scatter plots, box plots)
- Correlation analysis for understanding relationships
5. Statistical Analysis for Medical Research
- Hypothesis testing (t-tests, chi-square tests)
- ANOVA for comparing multiple groups
- Regression analysis (linear and logistic regression)
- Survival analysis basics
- Statistical functions in scipy and statsmodels
6. Machine Learning Basics for Medical Data
- Introduction to supervised and unsupervised learning
- Preparing data for machine learning models
- Basic models (decision trees, linear regression, k-nearest neighbors)
- Model evaluation: accuracy, precision, recall, and ROC curves
- Practical examples on classifying and clustering patient data
7. Writing and Presenting Research Findings
- Generating reports and summaries from Python
- Exporting visualizations for publications
- Guidelines on formatting and presenting statistical results
- Using Jupyter Notebook for interactive documentation
