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Statistical methods - INFORMATICA APPLICATA (2019/2020)
Teaching code
4S000162
Teacher
Credits
2
Language
Italian
Scientific Disciplinary Sector (SSD)
INF/01 - INFORMATICS
Period
LOGO 2A1S dal Oct 7, 2019 al Nov 22, 2019.
Location
VERONA
To show the organization of the course that includes this module, follow this link: Course organization
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.
Program
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
- formatting
- cell formats
- using and creating formulas
- descriptive statistics
- graphs
- Pivot tables
3) Retrieval of bibliographic information from PubMed
- Boolean operators
- simple search
- complex search
- Single Citation Matcher
- Medical Subject Headings
| Author | Title | Publishing house | Year | ISBN | Notes |
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| Corrao, Salvatore | Conoscere e usare Pubmed : guida al più noto sistema di ricerca bibliografica in campo biomedico | Il pensiero scientifico | 2008 | 978-88-490-0256-0 | |
| Simona Villani, Paola Borrelli | Excel & statistica medica. Guida pratica per le professioni sanitarie | Medea | 2013 | 978-88-6693-048-8 | |
| Storchi, Mario R. | La nuova ECDL più full standard | Edizioni Manna | 2016 | 978-88-87752-95-3 | |
| Bassi, Chiara | Pubmed : istruzioni per l’uso | Il Pensiero scientifico | 2010 | 978-88-490-0335-2 |
Examination Methods
The final exam consists of a practical computer exercise and a written test with multiple-choice and open questions. The objectives of the test are to verify the knowledge of the topics discussed, the ability to perform calculations and to produce data visualisations with the support of a spreadsheet, and to perform a bibliographic search. The final evaluation is expressed in 30ths.
