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Operations Research with EpiData Software

Please find here the entire course with all the necessary material

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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 zip
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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 pdf      
Background, objective, and course history pdf      
Preparatory steps before you begin pdf      
1 A data documentation sheet for a simple questionnaire pdf   pdf  
2 The QES-REC-CHK triplet pdf   pdf zip
3 Derived fields and Check file commands unrelated to a specific field pdf   pdf zip
4 Data entry and validation pdf   pdf zip
5 Using an external file for label blocks pdf zip pdf zip
6 Dealing with incomplete dates pdf   pdf zip
7 Keeping track of data entry time pdf pdf zip
8 Safely backing up and encrypting your data pdf   pdf zip
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Part B: Introduction to EpiData Analysis

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1 An introduction to EpiData Analysis pdf zip pdf zip
2 More on EpiData Analysis pdf zip pdf zip
3 Aggregating data and saving the summary data in a file pdf zip pdf zip
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Part C: Operations research

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1 Creating a working dataset pdf zip pdf zip
2 Variability in serial smears pdf zip pdf zip
3 Incremental yield from serial smears pdf zip pdf zip
4 Confirmatory results in serial smears pdf zip pdf zip
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Part D: More on EpiData software

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1 A relational database and "Aggregating" vs from "Long-to-Wide" pdf   pdf zip
2 A statistical process control chart pdf zip pdf zip
3 Survival analysis pdf zip pdf zip
4 Creating a menu for standard reports pdf zip pdf zip
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Parts A, B, C, and D: Obtain the entire text ald all exercises

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Last update: May 28, 2013