= Course Outline =
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== Data Wrangling ==
 * basic data structures in R: vector, list, data frame
 * indexing
 * data types, type conversions
 * read data from different file types (txt, csv, excel)
 * dplyr, a package for data manipulation, reshaping, summarizing
 * merging of data frames

== Functions ==
 * understand R functions
 * generic functions, classes 

== Exploratory Data Analysis ==
 * oulier detection: visual methods and tests
 * graphics for grouped data

== Analysis of Longitudinal Data ==
 * Exploring Longitudinal Data on Change:  
   * Descriptive Analysis of Individual Change
   * Difference in Change across People
 * Multilevel Models for Change
 * Missing Data