1. Technological Innovation in Teaching Epidemiology and Statistics
Erika Friedmann & Mark Tomita
Department of Health and Nutrition Sciences
Brooklyn College
Supported in part by the National Science Foundation
DUE

2. Technological Innovation in Teaching Epidemiology and Statistics
Part 1 SPSS
Part 2 Web Site Development
Part 3 Epidemiological Methods

3. Technological Innovation in Teaching Epidemiology and Statistics
Part 1 - SPSS

4. SPSS for Windows Basic Screen
Title Bar
Menu Bar (pull down menus)
Tool Bar Icons (pictures)
Scroll Bars
Status Bar

5. File Types
Viewer -output .spo
Data .sav
Syntax - commands .sps

6. Settings
Edit ---> Options
Viewer Tab
Display Commands in the Log

7. Working with Files
Location c:/program files/SPSS
Opening
Saving

8. Using the Viewer Two Panes Output Using the Outline Expanding
Contracting
Finding
Deleting
Inserting

9. Working With Data Variable Definition Adding Cases Deleting Cases
Adding Variables
Deleting Variables
Selecting Cases
Splitting Files
Computing Variables
Recoding Variables
Ranking Variables
Merging Data

10. Importing Data
Excel Files
ASCII Files
Data Base Files

11. Technological Innovation in Teaching Epidemiology and Statistics
Part 2 - Web Site Development

12. Technological Innovation in Teaching Epidemiology and Statistics
Part 3 Epidemiological Methods