About us:
Instructor: Prof. Marc Chong
Producers:
SAS Programming Module and System Dynamics Modeling Module: Katherine Jia
PSPP Module: Bill Xiao and Fiona Dongye
Welcome! Here at the homepage, you can access 3 series of micro-modules:
"A Flipped Classroom of SAS Programming on Statistical Analysis in Public Health",
"A Flipped Classroom of System Dynamics Modelling for Public Health", and
"Flipped classroom of PSPP: A freeware for analyzing public health data at home"
SAS Programming Module: teaches both statistical concepts and practical SAS program application, designed as complementary to BIOS5001 and BIOS5002 courses. In the SAS Programming Module, you can watch a series of 7 tutorials on the statistical skills and their applications.
System Dynamics Modeling Module: teaches system dynamics modeling approach enabling practical policy research, as it is a statistical tool bridging PUBH6001/BIOS5001 and PUBH6003/HSYS5001. In the System Dynamics Modeling module, you can watch a series of 5 tutorials to help you understand how dynamic modeling techniques can be applied to real-world health research questions.
PSPP Module: teaches how to use PSPP functions to conduct data analysis for solving public health research questions, designed as PHPC4911-4913 and PHPC 4921-4922 courses. In the PSPP Module, you can watch a series of 8 tutorials to learn the applications of PSPP.
You can also choose between three modules - SAS Programing, System Dynamics Modeling, and PSPP for statistical analyses - by clicking the tab on the right hand side.
When you click into each chapter's sub-page on the sidebar, you'll find...
• Tutorial Video
• Course-related Material (e.g. SAS datasets)
• Useful links and references
*Please take note that i. updated information will be delivered through email and ii. comments are most welcomed. Thanks.
In each of the 7 chapters of the SAS Programming Module, you will be introduced with
( 1 ) the concepts of a particular statistical method or SAS component;
( 2 ) a corresponding SAS programming demonstration for specified statistical analysis tasks;
( 3 ) interpretation of the results of your SAS codes.
In each of the 5 chapters of the System Dynamics Modeling Module, you will be introduced with
( 1 ) concepts, techniques and usages of system dynamic modeling;
( 2 ) application of dynamic modeling in real-world problems using software like Vensim;
( 3 ) interpretation and signficance of results.
In each of the 8 chapters of the PSPP Module, you will be introduced with
( 1 ) how to use PSPP functions to conduct data analysis for solving public health research questions;
( 2 ) application of statistical methods to different public health problems using PSPP;
( 3 ) interpretation of the PSPP outputs.