This unit is concerned with the use of state-of-art information technology for the systematic management of information. The complete flow of information from recording instrument to statistical report, using graphical, database, and statistical expert system concepts. It includes Access database multitable queries and introduction to Visual Basic programming.

Software used

MS Excel, Access and Excel add-in EcStat

Topics

• Study design and data collection
• Paradigm for statistical analysis
• Relational database: tables and forms
• Graphical methods: confidence intervals
• Database retrievals
• Graphical methods: comparisons
• Graphical methods: relations (regression)
• Graphical methods: associations
• Further database concepts
• Sample size and power; meta-analysis
• Designing reports