envh543

Course materials for ENV H 543: Quantitative Microbial Risk Assessment, offered by the University of Washington in Spring, 2018.

Instructors

• John Scott Meschke
• John C. Kissel
• Mary Schoen
• Brian High

Course Description

Focuses on the principles of quantitative risk assessment as applied to infectious microorganisms. Covers hazard identification, exposure assessment, health effects assessment, risk characterization, and risk communication.

Contents of this repository

• R and textbook resources
• Access to QMRA texbook eBook (UW students only)
• R Introduction Lab Presentation
• Examples
  • R code provided in QMRA, 2nd ed. textbook
  • Example 6.18
    • Solution in Excel
    • Solution in R
    • Probabilistic Solution (1-D M.C.) in R
    • Probabilistic Solution (2-D M.C.) in R

Supplementary Materials

R Introduction

Time	Session	Topic
15 min	April 2	Using R and Intro to RStudio
10 min	April 2	Version Control with RStudio and GitHub
10 min	April 2	Interactive Prompt and Getting Help
10 min	April 2	R Packages: Installing and Loading
10 min	April 4	R Sessions, Files, and Scripts
10 min	April 4	Literate Programming with R and RStudio
10 min	April 4	R Language Basics
15 min	April 4	R Data Types and R Data Structures

R Data Management, Wrangling and Modular Programming

Time	Topic
15 min	R Data Management
15 min	Data Wrangling in R
30 min	Modular Programming: Writing Functions and Packages