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Free* Epidemiology “Stuff”2020 Edition
Amelia Wallace – adapted from Usama Bilal and Scott McClure
R
• www.r-project.org• (Recommended: + http://www.rstudio.com/)• Functions: (most) statistical methods you may need
+ GIS capabilities + Network Analysis + many other• Beautiful graphs!
GIS and Mapping Network Analysis and Plotting
DIY cluster• Amazon AWS Free Tier (12 months)
• https://aws.amazon.com/free/• + http://www.louisaslett.com/RStudio_AMI/
• For non-HIPAA protected data only!!!
Other Free GIS Software
• GeoDa (Spatial Regression and Clustering)• URL: https://geodacenter.asu.edu/
• SatSCAN (Clustering)• http://www.satscan.org/
• EpiMap (part of Epi Info)
Joinpoint
• Analysis of Trends • URL: http://surveillance.cancer.gov/joinpoint/
Daggity• Browser app. URL: http://www.dagitty.net/
EpiInfo
• URL: https://www.cdc.gov/epiinfo/index.html• Data entry, analysis, visualization, etc
Make your own graphics• Vectr – Most basic, easy to learn
• Have to convert SVG file to EMF file for older PowerPoint
• https://cloudconvert.com/svg-to-emf• Inkscape – More advanced, harder to learn
What data to use the above on?
Other: • H-CUPnet – free limited version of HCUP –
health care utilization costs• NHIS – National Health Interview Survey• BRFSS – Behavioral Risk Factors Surveillance
System• NHCS – National Health of Children Survey• HRS – Health and Retirement Survey• ACS – American Communities Survey
http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/nhanes/
Other Software
• Do not forget that JHU provides free access to many (costly) software packages
• SAS University• MATLAB (search “matlab jhu”)• ArcGIS (search “GIS library jhu”) • (And Office 2016, Windows 10, etc…)
• https://jhu.onthehub.com/
Misc• “Free knowledge”: books
• https://catalyst.library.jhu.edu/• Click on Catalog. Check “Show only
items available online”. Search.• Also (most) Springer books available
for $25 (paperback)• Referencing
• Mendeley• www.mendeley.com• Good for collaboration and PDF Storage
• Zotero• Browser oriented (Firefox) or
Standalone + Browser add-on (Firefox, Chrome, Safari)