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Activity Number:
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450
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Type:
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Invited
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Date/Time:
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Wednesday, August 5, 2009 : 10:30 AM to 12:20 PM
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Sponsor:
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Section on Teaching of Statistics in the Health Sciences
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| Abstract - #303043 |
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Title:
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Duke Medicine Teaching: Multiple Simultaneous Sites and Technical Presentations with SAS
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Author(s):
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Lawrence H. Muhlbaier*+ and Cynthia Coffman and Steven C. Grambow and Linda S. Lee and William E. Wilkinson
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Companies:
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Duke University and Duke University Medical Center and Duke University and Duke University and Duke University
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Address:
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DUMC 3865, Durham, NC, 27710-7510,
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Keywords:
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introductory statistics ; statistical software ; SAS Enterprise Guide ; Graphical User Interface (GUI) ; web-based instruction ; distance education
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Abstract:
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Introductory applied biostatistics courses require easy-to-use statistical software; clinical research requires SAS as the lingua franca. Easy-to-use SAS? Oxymoron? SAS Enterprise Guide (EGuide) is an easy-to-use GUI for SAS that delivers a large subset of SAS via a point-and-click interface. Graphics are very easy. We describe how we use it to teach physician learners to perform basic statistical analyses (using outputs they will see throughout their research careers) as part of our clinical research curriculum. We will focus on the challenges and techniques associated with teaching EGuide synchronously to multiple distant sites and asynchronously to geographically dispersed web learners. We will also discuss use of additional software (SnagIt, Camtasia Studio, and Adobe Connect) that enables high-resolution visualizations to be effectively delivered to distant learners.
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