 | The 131st Annual Meeting (November 15-19, 2003) of APHA |
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| The 131st Annual Meeting (November 15-19, 2003) of APHA |
Mark A. Carrozza, MA1, Ron W. Freyberg, MS1, Beth Ann Witherow1, and Shiloh Turner, MPA2. (1) Institute for Helath Policy and Health Services Research, University of Cincinnati, 202 Goodman Dr., French-East, Suite 275, Cincinnati, OH 45267-0840, (2) The Health Foundation of Greater Cincinnati, Rookwood Tower, 3805 Edwards Road, Suite 500, Cincinnati, OH 45209-1948
The Online Analysis and Statistical Information System (OASIS) is a new and innovative web-based application that provides powerful data analysis tools through a standard web browser. OASIS allows public health researchers to perform sophisticated data analysis without the need for any statistical software or data on their own computers, thus giving unparalleled access to social, behavioral, and health science data and statistics. Users are given an abstract of the study, along with options to download codebooks, raw data, and SAS and SPSS programs to create their own analytical files. But the power of OASIS lies in the ability to analyze the data online per the user’s specifications. OASIS consists of two paths for the statistical analysis of the data maintained on the site: user-defined analysis and guided analysis. The user-defined analysis path allows experienced statistical users to select the type of statistical analysis they wish to perform and then choose which variables they wish to study. OASIS allows users to customize their analysis by making a variety of options available to them that are specific to the statistical method selected. Beginning or novice statistical users can select the guided analysis path and let OASIS choose an appropriate statistical method for the variables they wish to study. Participants of this session will learn how to access and navigate the OASIS application and perform elementary or advanced statistical analyses of public-release health and social science data.
Learning Objectives:
Keywords: Statistics, Information Systems
Presenting author's disclosure statement:
I do not have any significant financial interest/arrangement or affiliation with any organization/institution whose products or services are being discussed in this session.