Technological Innovation in Teaching Epidemiology and Statistics

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Technological Innovation in Teaching Epidemiology
and Statistics
Erika Friedmann Mark Tomita Department of
Health and Nutrition Sciences Brooklyn College

• Supported in part by the National Science
  Foundation
• DUE 9891001

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Technological Innovation in Teaching Epidemiology
and Statistics

• Part 1 SPSS
• Part 2 Web Site Development
• Part 3 Epidemiological Methods

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Technological Innovation in Teaching Epidemiology
and Statistics

• Part 1 - SPSS

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SPSS for Windows Basic Screen

• Title Bar
• Menu Bar (pull down menus)
• Tool Bar Icons (pictures)
• Scroll Bars
• Status Bar

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File Types

• Viewer -output .spo
• Data .sav
• Syntax - commands .sps

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Settings

• Edit ---gt Options
• Viewer Tab
• Display Commands in the Log

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Working with Files

• Location c/program files/SPSS
• Opening
• Saving

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Using the Viewer

• Two Panes
• Output
• Using the Outline
• Expanding
• Contracting
• Finding
• Deleting
• Inserting

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Working With Data

• Variable Definition
• Adding Cases
• Deleting Cases
• Adding Variables
• Deleting Variables
• Selecting Cases

• Splitting Files
• Computing Variables
• Recoding Variables
• Ranking Variables
• Merging Data

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Importing Data

• Excel Files
• ASCII Files
• Data Base Files

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Technological Innovation in Teaching Epidemiology
and Statistics

• Part 2 - Web Site Development

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Technological Innovation in Teaching Epidemiology
and Statistics

• Part 3 Epidemiological Methods