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- Happy git with R - how to get started with git and connect it to RStudio/Posit ⭐
- Big Book of Git - Manual from the department for transport ⭐
- Git for Humans🧍 - slide deck by Alice Bartlett (FT)
- R 4 Data Science 2e - the tidyverse bible, very accessible ⭐
- The R Workshop - Intro for complete beginners, explains the fundamentals
- R for Health Data Science
- Python for Health Data Science - by Tom Monks
- Python Data Science Handbook - detail on working with pandas and numpy
- Python for Data Analysis - has chapters on cleaning / wrangling in python
- Python Basics Book - not free, but have a pdf copy in Data Science Projects folder
- Python Tricks: The Book - follow on to the above, not free, but have a pdf copy in Data Science Projects folder
- Pytest Book - recommeded by Sammi
- Duck book - Gov Analysis Function and Statistical Service
- DevOps for Data Science - free book recommended on Gov Data Science slack ⭐
- The GDS Way - DevOps guidance from Government Digital Service
- NHSE Open Code Checklist Document ⭐
- The Turing Way - guide to all aspects of data science research
- Analysts' Guide (DfE) - has helpful section on using Databricks
- Defra AI SDLC Playbook - guidance for using AI code editor (cursor) for work projects
- Impact Evaluation of AI Interventions - Treasury guidance
- Statistical Programming Training - ONS training pathways
- StatQuest - very accessible stats videos ⭐
- An Introduction to Statistical Learning - download pdf for free ⭐
- Hands-on Machine Learning by Aurelien Geron - recommended on AnalystX, pdf in ds projects folder
- Mastering Statistical Process Control Charts - free book in progress on SPC in healthcare for analysts
- HSMA Discrete Event Simulation Book - provides framework for coding DES models using Simpy ⭐
- Simulation: The Practice of Model Development And Use by Stewart Robinson - accessible textbook for DES projects, physical book (I have a copy) ⭐
- Awesome DES - big curated list of simulation resources
- Telling Stories with Data
- Fundamentals of Data Visualisation
- Forecasting: Principles and Practice
- The Epidemiologist R Handbook - recommended on NHSR slack
- Weapons of Math Destruction by Cathy O'Neil - physical book (in office library) ⭐
- Data Ethics Framework - Government Digital Service (currently being updated)
- MoJ Ethics Framework
- CS50 - Harvard's introduction to computer science ⭐
- Teaching Tech Together - recommended at NHS RPyCom conference
- Flu Tracker - RShiny app displaying weekly flu sitrep data
- Population Pyramids and healthcare use - App showing healthcare predictions based off ONS population projections (javascript)
- Hospitals Open Prescribing - Project to make publicly avaiable hospital prescribing data as useful as possible.
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