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st: Teaching Stata to Pubic Health Students
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J Michael Oakes <[email protected]>
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st: Teaching Stata to Pubic Health Students
Date
Wed, 22 Dec 2010 09:46:51 -0600
Greetings - My colleagues and I are once again trying to decide how best
to train our Masters of Public Health (MPH) students in applied data
analysis *AND* data preparation and mgt. The latter stuff always takes
the most of my time but rarely gets taught or emphasized in the
classroom where fancy models seem to dominate.
Although I've taught Stata here for nearly ten years, many colleagues
still "promote" SAS. The problem with this is most MPH students never
really "get SAS" and struggle through their thesis and beyond. My Stata
students do much better -- it's not me, it's Stata and Scott Long's
super Workflow book.
Was hoping members of this list might comment on what software (esp SAS
v Stata) and *data management* courses they offer their masters/graduate
students. I am particularly interested in comments from Public Health
faculty but insights from anyone would be most welcome.
Best Wishes - Michael
--
J. Michael Oakes, Ph.D.
McKnight Presidential Fellow
Associate Professor
Division of Epidemiology
Co-Director, Census Research Data Center
University of Minnesota
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Minneapolis, MN 55454-1015
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