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Availability Requirement (Windows) Help Menu and Tutorial Data entry and editing

Excel
Installed in most PC or Laptop/Notebook Latest version: Excel 2010 Windows XP with Service Pack 3 (32-bit) Windows Vista with SP1, Windows 7 500 MHz processor or higher 256 MB RAM or higher 2 gigabyte (GB) available disk space Available, simple tutorial, but without data samples For data entry, it is more convenient Relatively easy and simple (sort, format, filter, creating new variables) First row variable name Second row data 1. Single : Right Click on data Sort 2. Multiple: Data tab Sort 1. Data tab Filter Using appropriate formula in selected cell 1. Sort previous variable Set category in new variable 2. IF function/formula

Epi Info
Free to download from www.cdc.gov/epiinfo/ Latest version: Epi Info 7 Microsoft Windows XP or above Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 or above Recommended - 1 GHz processor Recommended - 256 MB RAM Available, plus tutorial and data samples For data entry, need to create the form first Need to use appropriate commands (sort, select) Need to use List menu to show data First row data 1. Single or multiple Sort Select variable(s)

SPSS
Trial version (+) but original version costs a lot Latest version: IBM SPSS Statistics 20 Intel or AMD x86 processor running at 1GHz or higher Memory: 1GB RAM or more recommended Minimum free drive space: 800MB Available, plus tutorial and data samples Before data entry, need to set/format the variables first (Variable View) For data entry, it is not to convenient, especially for large data and will be more appropriate to use numeric/code (Data View) For sorting and inserting new variables are simple First row data 1. Single: Right click on variable name Set order 2. Multiple: Data tab Sort cases 1. Data tab Select cases 1. Transform tab Compute variable 1. Transform tab Recode into different variables or Recode into same variables

Sorting

Selecting Calculation

1. Select 1. Define Assign 1. Define Recode

Category or classification

Excel
1. Data tab Filter 2. Formula: COUNTIF or COUNTIFS then calculate manually for % Results will be shown in selected cell

Epi Info
1. Frequencies 2. Tables Exposure (Row) Outcome (Column) Results will be shown on output window

SPSS
1. Analyze Descriptive Statistics Frequencies (for all participants only) or Crosstabs (for all participants or by groups) Row Column Results will be shown on output window 1. Analyze Descriptive Statistics Frequencies Statistics (for all participants only) Results will be shown on output window 2. Analyze Descriptive Statistics Explore (for all participants or by groups) Statistics tick Descriptives and Percentiles Results will be shown on output window

Frequencies and percentage

Mean/Average Median Mode SD Variance Quartiles Minimum Maximum

Formula AVERAGE or AVERAGEIF Formula MEDIAN Formula MODE Formula STDEV Formula VAR Formula QUARTILE(array;quart) Formula MIN Formula MAX

1. Means (for all participants) Means of 2. Means (by groups) Means of Stratified by

Analyze (for all participants or by groups) Reports Case summaries Statistics

Additional for SPSS (will show only for mean, median, min, max, SD, and variance) Analyze (for all participants or by groups) Compare Means Means