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Operations Research with EpiData Software |
| Please find here the entire course with all the necessary material |
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About this course |
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A selection of simple and smart solutions for problems in EpiData Entry and EpiData Analysis |
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EpiData help, support, and presentations
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A brief stand-alone overview of EpiData software |
| If you have only a few spare hours to get the basics of EpiData software, then this is perhaps for you: unzip the EpiData software package to anywhere on your PC, then get on with the 30-page introductory overview. Otherwise, please start with Part A. |
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| EpiData software package (you do not need any other software installation): unzip to anywhere on your PC (the root of your working drive is strongly recommended), double click the batch file of the required EpiData module in the created folder "epidata_course" and get started |
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| Overview: A brief overview of EpiData software |
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Part A: Efficient, quality-assured data entry |
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| Title page: EpiData software for operations research in tuberculosis control |
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| Background, objective, and course history |
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| Preparatory steps before you begin |
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A data documentation sheet for a simple questionnaire |
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The QES-REC-CHK triplet |
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Derived fields and Check file commands unrelated to a specific field |
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Data entry and validation |
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Using an external file for label blocks |
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Dealing with incomplete dates |
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Keeping track of data entry time |
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Safely backing up and encrypting your data |
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| Obtain all exercises and solutions of Part A |
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Part B: Introduction to EpiData Analysis |
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An introduction to EpiData Analysis |
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More on EpiData Analysis |
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Aggregating data and saving the summary data in a file |
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| Obtain all exercises and solutions of Part B |
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Part C: Operations research |
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Creating a working dataset |
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Variability in serial smears |
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Incremental yield from serial smears |
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Confirmatory results in serial smears |
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Part D: More on EpiData software |
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A relational database and "Aggregating" vs from "Long-to-Wide" |
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A statistical process control chart |
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Survival analysis |
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Creating a menu for standard reports |
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| Obtain all exercises and solutions of Part D |
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Parts A, B, C, and D: Obtain the entire text ald all exercises |
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| All exercises and solutions of Parts A, B, C, and D |
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