Technological Innovation in Teaching Epidemiology and

Statistics

Supported in part by the National Science Foundation

DUE 9891001

Erika Friedmann & Mark TomitaDepartment of Health and Nutrition

Sciences

Brooklyn College

Technological Innovation in Teaching Epidemiology and

Statistics

• Part 1 SPSS

• Part 2 Web Site Development

• Part 3 Epidemiological Methods

Technological Innovation in Teaching Epidemiology and

StatisticsPart 1 - SPSS

SPSS for Windows Basic Screen

• Title Bar

• Menu Bar (pull down menus)

• Tool Bar Icons (pictures)

• Scroll Bars

• Status Bar

File Types

• Viewer -output .spo

• Data .sav

• Syntax - commands .sps

Settings

• Edit ---> Options

• Viewer Tab

• Display Commands in the Log

Working with Files

• Location c:/program files/SPSS

• Opening

• Saving

Using the Viewer

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

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

Importing Data

• Excel Files• ASCII Files• Data Base Files

Technological Innovation in Teaching Epidemiology and

Statistics

Part 2 - Web Site Development

Technological Innovation in Teaching Epidemiology and

Statistics

Part 3 Epidemiological Methods