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A Simple Method for Analyzing and Presenting Health Data

A Simple Method for Analyzing and Presenting Health Data

Instructor: Charles J. "Chuck" Vukotich, Jr.

Organization: Supercourse - University of Pittsburgh / Allegheny County Health Department

Delivery Mode: Online – self study

When offered: Ongoing

Cost: None

Prerequisite: None

Description: The learning objectives for this course are:

• To understand the importance of data for planning and decision making
• To understand the concept of racial and ethnic disparities
• To understand basic concepts of data presentation
• To understand the basic concept of fitting a straight line to data

This tutorial is also available for download as a power point presentation. Please follow the link and look for course 6451:

Following are the performance objectives for this course:

• Know how to calculate an average
• Know how to do a linear regression using EXCEL
• Know how to create a graph in EXCEL
• Know how to determine if a racial disparity exists
• Know how to calculate rate of change