Department of Epidemiology and Population Health
Outreach & Practice Unit (OPU)
Faculty of Health Sciences
American University of Beirut
Data Management and Manipulation
June 23 to July 4 (M, W, Th & F)
Course Description
The data management course is an introduction to data manipulation and
management using Stata, SPSS and Epi-data. The course will cover data structure
design including data checking as well as data manipulation, data imputation and
basic statistical programming. The course will be offered at the computer lab where
participants will have hands-on experience in dealing with real data sets. In case an
enrolled participant has a project specific data, he/she will have the chance to
directly apply the acquired course material on the dataset. Weekly assignments will
be given to allow the participants to explore advanced and customized application
of the material offered in the class room.
Participants
Individuals engaged in data management in private, governmental, and nongovernmental organizations.
Facilitator
Khalil El Asmar, MSc:
Khalil El Asmar completed his statistical training at the University of Paris XI in
France and currently holds a position of Instructor of Biostatistics at the department
of Epidemiology and Population Health. He also has a graduate degree in
epidemiology from the American University of Beirut. In addition to his statistical
and data management expertise, Khalil has an extensive experience (7 years) in
Monitoring and Evaluation of development programs. His main work revolves
around mental health, experimental designs and statistical computation.
Learning objectives
By the end of the course, participants will be able to:
1. Operate effectively in SPSS, Stata and Epidata environments.
2. Design and organize quantitative data
3. Manage data and perform data quality monitoring and data checking
4. Write basic statistical programs in Stata
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Methodology
This course takes a “hands-on” approach. Participants are expected to attend all
sessions and show active participation. Handouts and lecture notes will be
distributed in class. Participants can consult the software tutorials and online
documentations for any needed information.
Duration, time and location
The course is over 2 weeks from June 23 to July 4 (M, W, Th & F):9:00AM -12:00 PM.
Location: Van Dyck building- Computer Lab (Room 105)
Language proficiency
The course language requires an excellent level of English and no translation will be
provided.
Course Fees
The course fees are 300 USD /participant
Payment is to be made via wire transfer (find bank account details below)
Detailed course outline
Session #
1.
Date
June 23
2.
June 25
3.
4.
June 26
June 27
5.
6.
June 30
July 2
7.
July 3
8.
July 4
Topic
Epidata (1): Introduction to epi-data, development
of data structure
Epidata (2): validation of data entry, setting rules,
conditions and checks
SPSS (1): Introduction to basic SPSS commands
SPSS (2): Intermediate SPSS data management
commands with application
Assessment 1: SPSS and Epidata in the Lab
Stata (1) Introduction to Stata, data inspection,
basic data management commands
Stata (2) Advanced variable manipulation and
transformation: creating and computing new
variables using Stata’s egen functions, transforming
variables, merging files, working with duplicates
Stata (3) Advanced Stata application, loops, macros.
Presentation of the project (to be submitted on July
25th)
Contact information
Ms. Sarah Armoush on: 961-1-350000-Ext: 4635, email: sma61@aub.edu.lb
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BANK ACCOUNT DETAILS:
FOR USD PAYMENTS
American University of Beirut
HSBC-Ras Beirut Branch
US$ Account # 003-013687-100
IBAN: LB73000700000000003013687100
Swift Address: BBMELBBX
Transit # 0070031
FHS Account: “FHS Training Activities/Workforce Development: #
11.560018.11510.110.9999.0000
FOR LBP PAYMENTS
American University of Beirut
HSBC-Ras Beirut Branch
LBP Account # 003-013687-001
IBAN: LB30000700000000003013687001
Swift Address: BBMELBBX
Transit # 0070031
FHS Account: “FHS Training Activities/Workforce Development: #
11.560018.11510.110.9999.0000
Please note that as per the AUB Policy, payment is accepted by wire transfer
only. Cash and checks are not accepted.
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