Welcome!

Welcome to Practical Data Management and Statistical Computing, Section 2. This course is an introduction to the design, maintenance and use of data management systems for the collection and analysis of research data, especially epidemiologic research data on humans. MS Access, MS Excel and Stata are emphasized. Topics include: database development, Health Insurance Portability Accountability Act (HIPAA) compliance, data manipulation and cleaning, data summarization, and selected topics in statistical analysis programming.

This course is designed for the UMass SPHHS student who has completed PubHlth 540 - Introduction to Biostatistics and PubHlth 640 - Intermediate Biostatistics and who seeks training in data management and the use of STATA.

Students interested in SAS are encouraged to consider Practical Data Management and Statistical Computing, Section 1, taught by Dr. Penny Pekow.