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The 'epitools' R Package
Description
epitools (epidemiology tools) is an R package for epidemiologic computing and graphics. R is a free software environment for statistical computing and graphics. It compiles and runs on a wide variety of UNIX platforms, Windows and MacOS. To learn about R visit www.r-project.org
Our mission is to make the numerical tools and methods of epidemiology freely available on the World Wide Web. Our primary audience is public health epidemiologists and data analysts. Using R, an open source programming language and environment for statistical computing and graphics, we provide numerical tools and programming solutions that have been used and tested in real-world epidemiologic applications.
Many practical problems in the analysis of public health data require programming or special software, and investigators in different locations may duplicate programming efforts. Often, simple analyses, such as the construction of confidence intervals, are not calculated and thereby complicate appropriate statistical inferences for small geographic areas. There are many examples of simple and useful numerical tools that would enhance the work of epidemiologists at local health departments and yet are not readily available for the problem in front of them. The availability of these tools will encourage wider use of appropriate methods and promote evidence-based public health practices.
Support, Report bugs, and Feature requests
- 'epitools' at R-Forge (Please submit bugs and feature requests here.)
- epitools manual
- Yahoo Help Group (Help for newbies)
Contributors
The following epidemiologists, directly or indirectly, contributed to 'epitools':
- Tomás Aragón, MD, DrPH: Director and Medical Epidemiologist, UC Berkeley Center for Infectious Diseases & Emergency Readiness (aragon@berkeley.edu)
- Wayne Enanoria, PhD, MPH: Public Health Epidemiologist, UC Berkeley Center for Infectious Diseases & Emergency Readiness (enanoria@berkeley.edu)
- Michael P. Fay, PhD: Mathematical Statistician National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (mfay@niaid.nih.gov)
- Travis Porco, PhD, MPH: Senior Epidemiologist, Tuberculosis Branch, Division of Communicable Disease Control, California Department of Health Services; Lecturer, UC Berkeley Center for Infectious Disease Preparedness (travis.porco@ucsf.edu)
- Michael Samuel, DrPH: Chief, Surveillance and Epidemiology, STD Branch, Division of Communicable Disease Control, California Department of Health Services; Lecturer, UC Berkeley Center for Infectious Disease Preparedness (michael.samuel@cdph.ca.gov)
