Analysis of Epidemiologic Data Using SAS

Catalog description

Public health research and practice often require the use of statistical software to analyze data. This course is designed to give students practical and direct experience with using Statistical Analysis System (SAS®) software to analyze public health-related data. Throughout the course, students will work with a data set and learn how to generate descriptive, bivariable, and multivariable statistics. They will also gain additional skills in organizing statistical findings in tables and figures and instruction in writing Methods and Results sections, similar in style to those presented in peer-reviewed journal articles. These skills will prepare students for future analytic projects by strengthening their analytic capacity and building expertise in a well-known, versatile statistical program used both in all areas of public health practice. Pre-requisites: GPH-GU 2106 OR GPH-GU 5106 and GPH-GU 2920