Practical
Data Management and Statistical Computing (Pubhlth691F)
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Resources
Computing
- Using the Department of Public Health Computer Lab
- http://www.oit.umass.edu/workshops-training -- Workshops are offered by OIT throughout the year in use of software packages at various levels, and for various special purposes. Most of these charge a nominal fee. Tutorial materials used in the workshop are often available for download free of charge from the OIT website.
- Adobe Acrobat Reader
- CutePDF - a free download software option for creating pdf files
- Software
- DBMS COPY (converts between databases)
- SAS Corporation Home site (Statistical software)
- DREAMWEAVER
(Web page software)
If you are interested in a 30 day trial of Dreamweaver software for your home computer, this can be downloaded from the Dreamweaver Website download page. Check it out.
To purchase Dreamweaver using student discount visit OIT page for information discount software: - WINZIP -- software for compressing/uncompressing files and folders
Computer Basics -- getting started
a. computer basics: http://www.jegsworks.com/Lessons/lessonintro.htm
b. the web basics: http://www.jegsworks.com/Lessons/web/index.html
c. An introduction to Unicode: http://www.unicode.org/standard/principles.html
Research Studies and Data
- UMass OIT Website Data Sets
- Seasons Website (UMass Research Project Site on Seasonality in Lipids)
- Soils Website (UMass Research Project Site on Soil Ingestion)
- Pathways Website (UMass Research on Pathways to Drug Use)
- Cluster Project Website (UMass Research on Analysis Methods for Randomized Cluster Trials)
SAS
Sites usefule for Constructing A WEB Site
- Dreamweaver Tutorials
- Free Jazzy Images and Buttons (A website which has many free GIF images)
Design
of Data Collection Instruments
Many of the websites pertaining to data collection instrument development are posted by institutions or companies who provide services. Some are instructional, however. Following are three good ones.
- Http://www.amstat.org/sections/SRMS
This is the American Statistical Association site for information on survey development. Here you'll find an easy to read discussion of such things as "what is a survey", "how to design a survey", "quality control assessment", etc. Reaching this page, click on
WHAT IS A SURVEY SERIES
Microsoft ACCESS -- Links to Tutorials and Information
http://www.microsoft.com/office/access/default.asp
This is the developer (Microsoft) webpage for this product. Visit here
for product information, purchasing, downloading (a trial version!), etc. Not a good learning resource.
Good learning resources:
http://allenbrowne.com/tips.html This site has examples for newer versions of Access as well as older ones.
http://www.fgcu.edu/support/office2000/access/ -- use this version if you have Office 2000 or 2003
http://www.fgcu.edu/support/office2007/access/ -- use this version if you have Office 2007 or 2010
Florida Gulf Coast University Tutorial -- good clear examples of basic steps in creating Tables and Forms.
http://www.jegsworks.com/Lessons/databases/index.html
A good basic tutorial on databases in general; along with a good basic introduction to ACCESS.
Additional Resources:
Atomic Learning Access Resources or go to OIT Atomic Learning Login Page
A few useful tips:
- saving in an earlier version (for saving Access 2010, 2007 files into 2003 or 2000 format)
- Example of programming a skip pattern into data entry with ACCESS.