Catalog 2020-2021 
    
    May 17, 2024  
Catalog 2020-2021 [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

PUBH 315 Public Health Data Management and Analysis

5 credits
This course introduces data management and analysis techniques using Microsoft Excel and Stata.

Prerequisites: MATH 351  and PUBH 410  

Course Outcomes
Upon successful completion of this course students will be able to:

  • Design databases based on questionnaire and other survey data
  • Import data of different types and create a clean dataset​
  • Select, filter, and aggregate data using commonly used data management packages 
  • Conduct basic statistical analysis
  • Evaluate correlations between variables of interest​
  • Create data analysis plans including data visualization specific to epidemiology
  • ​Design an effective presentation of findings
  • Discuss basic components of R Software

Total Hours: 50 Theory (Lecture) Hours: 50