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Workshop Overview. Introduction Import Existing Data Basic Analysis (Example) Graphs Building Survey/Questionnaire Resources. What is EpiInfo?. Developed by Centres for Disease Control (CDC) Atlanta, Georgia Development of electronic survey and questionnaires - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
Workshop Overview
• Introduction
• Import Existing Data
• Basic Analysis (Example)
• Graphs
• Building Survey/Questionnaire
• Resources
What is EpiInfo?
• Developed by Centres for Disease Control (CDC) Atlanta, Georgia
• Development of electronic survey and questionnaires
• Basic epidemiologic statistics• Data management• Mapping• Programming environment
What it is Not.
• Statistics Program
• Spreadsheet
• Data Management Tool
Some Jargon
• Project: An Epi Info file is also referred to as 1) Epi Info database and 2) .MDB files (Microsoft Access). A project consists of a View and Data Table
• View: Contains information about the data entry screen’s appearance, such as field names and field types.
• Data table: Stores the actual data values for the corresponding View.– Records
– Fields
Import, Manipulate, Analyze
Enter data into custom view
Create custom view
Example
• Client Satisfaction Survey IP Survey Gimli.doc
• Results IP Survey Results.xls
– 98 records, 22 fields
Import Data
List Contents
Frequency of Variables
Frequency NxN of Variables
Selecting Specific Records
Creating New Variables
Calculating Means
Simple Graphics
Simple Graphics
Create custom view
Start New Entry View
Create New Data Fields
Assign Values for Check Values
Assign Values for Unique ID
Enter data into custom view
Assign Values for Unique ID
Resources
• http://www.cdc.gov/epiinfo/– The tutorials listed on the WWW site are quite
complete
• Provided CD (EPI2003)– Setup (Installation for version 3.3.2)– EpiInfo Course I, EpiInfo Course II– IntroToEpiInfo_AndrewDean.doc– Epi_Info_Beginners_Manual.pdf