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JSM 2002 Abstract #300018
Activity Number: 83
Type: Invited
Date/Time: Monday, August 12, 2002 : 10:30 AM to 12:20 PM
Sponsor: Section on Statistics in Epidemiology*
Abstract - #300018
Title: The Implementation: ActivEpi-An Interactive, Computerized Package for Teaching Statistics through Epidemiology
Author(s): David Kleinbaum*+
Affiliation(s): Emory University
Address: 1599 Clifton Rd, NE, Atlanta, Georgia, 30333, USA
Keywords: teaching statistics ; epidemiology ; cd-rom based teaching
Abstract:

ActivEPi is an interactive CD-rom-based teaching module for presenting and exploring basic methods of epidemiology. Patterned after a similar product, Activ-Stat, ActivEpi allows the teacher/student to explore principles of epidemiology from study design, risk estimation, principles of confounding and adjustment, and evaltuation in an interactive or classroom environment. Useful software is provided to allow the students to analyze real epidemiologic data.

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