Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences

PBH360 - O - Data Collection Management

Credits

3.0

Term

Jan 12 - May 1

Open Seats

25 of 36

Schedule

Course Type

Lecture

Location

Online

Section

O

Faculty

Devan Hawkins

Prerequisites

MAT.261, PBH.250 or BIO.346 (Required, Previous)

Description

This course introduces the collection, maintenance, compilation, cleaning, analysis and presentation of human health care data (including surveillance data from programs overseen by the Center for Disease Control). Students are introduced to data collection tools, data entry using EXCEL, variable management, data verification and descriptive statistics using a widely used statistical software package (STATA).