MMM COLLEGE OF NURSING

(A UNIT OF THE MADRAS MEDICAL MISSION)

NO.131, SAKTHI NAGAR, NOLAMBUR, CHENNAI-95

UNIT PLAN

UNIT NO: V
TITLE: STATISTICAL PACKAGES
Programme: BSc. Nursing
Placement: First year
Course: introduction to computer
Hours Prescribed: 10
Faculty Incharge:
General Objective: at the end of this unit the students will acquire in-depth knowledge on use statistical packages and develop
desirable skill and attitude in using statistical packages in health
Specific Objectives:

 define statistical package

 discuss the different statistical packages used
 list down the uses of statistical packages
 use the graphical user interface
 manage the data set
 describe the graphical presentation
 performing self practicing of statistical packages
S. No Specific Topics Time hrs Method of Teaching EVALUATION
Objectives

 Statistical packages: types and their 2 hrs Lecture & Discussion Essay
features
Define statistical Assignment Short essay
 Microsoft Excel
package Short answer
o Stata
Discess the different
o SPSS
statistical packages used
o SAS
o Splus
List down the uses of  Statistical packages usage 1hr Lecture & Discussion Essay
stastical packages  Stata’s Windows Short essay

 Command Line Interface (CLI) Short answer

Use the graphical user 1hr Lecture & Discussion Essay
interface  Graphical User Interface (GUI) Short essay
 Log Files Short answer
 Manage the data set  Opening a Dataset 1hr Lecture & Discussion Essay
 Exploring the Dataset Short essay

 Good Dataset Management Short answer

o Data Labels
o Variable Names
o Variable names
o Valuable labels
Describe the graphical  Graphs 2hrs Lecture & Discussion Essay
presentation  Exiting Stata Performing statisticals Short essay

 Getting Help Preparing graphs Short answer

Performing self  Self-Practice
practicing of statistical
packages
Unit test 1hr

Assignment: Prepare a graphical preparation for the given demographic data

ESSAY
1. Discuss the various statistical packages used in health care data management
SHORT ESSAY
1. Use of statistical packages
2. Exploring data set
3. Data management
Short Answers:
 1. Strata
2. Types of graphs
3. SPSS
References
1.N.K.Anand & Shikha Goel ,Computers for Nurses, A.I.T.B.S. Publishers ,India.2009.
2. Thacker N Computers for Nurses, India. 2009