Description

CONTENTS 

The course consists of 3 modules:

1. Module 1: Data management and data transformations in SPSS 
2. Module 2: Principles of hypothesis testing 
3. Module 3: Advanced tips and tricks in SPSS

Module 1: Data management and data transformations in SPSS

In the first module of this course, we will start from the very beginning with managing and transforming data in SPSS.   

• Data management: importing data (from REDCap and excel), labelling, sorting, merging, restructuring from wide to long (and vice versa), identifying duplicate cases, selecting cases for analysis, …
• Data transformations: recoding, computing, aggregating, ranking, calculating with dates, manipulating strings, …

This module might be very interesting for researchers with REDCap data.

Module 2: Principles of hypothesis testing

The terms “p-value”, “confidence interval” and “significance”” widely used in daily practice, but what is their exact meaning? In this session, we’ll discuss how to choose the appropriate statistical test and how to interpret the results. Moreover, we’ll also discuss some general rules about reporting the results in scientific literature.

Module 3: Advanced tips and tricks in SPSS

In the last module you will be given more advanced tips and tricks for working with SPSS. 

• Macros: to avoid redundant series of repeated similar commands in the syntax. 
• Output Management System (OMS): to convert SPSS output to SPSS datasets.

The tips and tricks given will save you potentially a lot of time and effort. 

LEVEL

• Module 1: Beginner
• Module 2: Beginner
• Module 3: Advanced

DATES

• Module 1: September 27 and 30, 2022 from 13:30 till 16:30
• Module 2: October 7, 2022 from 13:00 till 16:00
• Module 3: February 17 and 21, 2023 from 13:30 till 16:30

If a module is fully booked or has already started, please sign up for the waiting list to express your interest for future editions.

VENUE

Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Campus UZ Gent, Corneel Heymanslaan 10.

The exact location will be announced later. Most likely this will not be a pc-room, so participants should be able to bring their own laptop and connect to eduroam.

LANGUAGE

The course will be given in Dutch, but the slides are in English. 

SOFTWARE

Both the point-and-click interface as well as syntax will be used in IBM^® SPSS^® Statistics Version 28 (available on Athena).

PREREQUISITES

• For modules 1 and 3, participants should have access to SPSS (either installed on their computer or via Athena)
• No knowledge about statistical tests is required for any of the modules
• For modules 1 and 2, no particular skills in SPSS are required to participate
• For module 3, it is required to have some basic skills in SPSS and SPSS syntax

TEACHERS

• Module 1: dr. Stefanie De Buyser
• Module 2: mevr. Roos Colman
• Module 3: dr. Stefanie De Buyser

FEES

For UGent (only UGent order/transfer) / external + UZ Gent personnel :

• Module 1: €150 / €180
• Module 2: €75 / €90
• Module 3: €150 / €180
• Complete course: €375* / €450*

For participants outside UGent: upon request (secr.biostatistiek@UGent.be).

DOCTORAL SCHOOLS

The complete course can be recognized as a Specialist Course by the Doctoral Schools of Life Sciences and Medicine (the complete course can be funded by the DS as Specialist Course). Individual modules can be recognized as Transferable Skill, cluster Research & Valorization (not when they are already part of the Specialist Course, only one module can be funded by the DS). Requests for funding need to be submitted at least one month prior to the start of the course.

CONTACT

For questions regarding the content of the course, you can contact the teachers (Stefanie.DeBuyser@UGent.be or Roos.Colman@UGent.be). 

For administrative questions, you can send an e-mail to secr.biostatistiek@UGent.be.