Studying at the University of Verona
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Statistical methods - INFORMATICA APPLICATA (2021/2022)
Teaching code
4S000162
Teacher
Credits
2
Language
Italian
Scientific Disciplinary Sector (SSD)
INF/01 - INFORMATICS
Period
1 SEMESTRE PROFESSIONI SANITARIE dal Oct 1, 2021 al Dec 23, 2021.
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Learning outcomes
The course aims to provide students with knowledge on the collection, archiving and management of health data. Students will use the spreadsheet for data synthesis and representation, and they will retrieve information from bibliographic databases using PubMed.
Program
The course is structured in frontal lectures (20 h) in a Computer lab. Students will use a personal computer/laptop in case of remote teaching; it is requested to install the Office 365 suite, which is available for free.
1) Collection, archiving and management of health data
- functioning and components of a computer
- data sources
- construction of a questionnaire
- data coding
- data matrix (table)
- identification keys
2) Using Microsoft Excel spreadsheet
- loading data
- data formats
- using and creating formulas
- descriptive statistics
- graphs
- Pivot tables
3) Retrieval of bibliographic information from PubMed
- Boolean operators
- simple and advanced search
- Single Citation Matcher
- Medical Subject Headings
Bibliography
Examination Methods
The final exam consists of a practical computer exercise and a written test attended in a computer lab (or an oral test in case of remote teaching) with multiple-choice and open questions.
The objectives of the test are to verify the knowledge of the topics discussed, to verify the ability to perform calculations and to produce data visualisations with the support of a spreadsheet, and to verify the ability to perform a bibliographic search. The final evaluation is expressed in 30ths.
