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Grand Canyon University Statistical Regression and Choosing a Software Questions

 

1)Given the limited amount of statistical calculations required by some public health positions, explain why it is important for you to know how to utilize appropriate software to analyze public health data. Support your ideas with reasons, facts, and examples.

2) [ExcelIsFun].(2012, Oct 19). Excel Data Analysis: Sort, Filter, PivotTable, Formulas (25 Examples): HCC Professional Day 2012[Video File]. Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i5WiYh2jmG8

  • Discuss 3 ways in which you learned how to manage data

3)Discuss three strengths of the linear regression? Identify a peer-reviewed study that uses linear regression in its analysis. Explain why linear regression was used and discuss one challenge in interpreting the results. Include the permalink with your citation.

4)Boston University School of Public Health. The Mulitple Linear Regression Equation. Retrieved from http://sphweb.bumc.bu.edu/otlt/MPH-Modules/BS/BS704-EP713_MultivariableMethods/BS704-EP713_MultivariableMethods2.html

  • What is a confounder?
  • Why is it important to control for confounders?