Course title: Introduction to Computer and Application Software

Course code: PHCS112

Credit Hours: 2
Prerequisite: None
Course Description The course will introduce the basic concepts and skills of Microsoft
applications usage and analysis using appropriate spread sheets, statistical software packages. It
enables students to develop insight on their knowledge and skills especially on how to use
Microsoft applications, questionnaire development, data entry, export, editing, cleaning,
processing, analysis, interpretation of the outputs of the analysis.
Learning outcomes: by the end of the course, students will be able:

1. Use MS word to write, format and save documents

2. Identify the different windows in SPSS
3. Use SPSS to:
a. Define variables, enter and manipulate data
b. Manage and analyze data
c. Produce graphs
4. Use EPIData to define questionnaire, check and data entry files
5. Develop a data entry template to enter data using questionnaire file and able to
control the data entry process with the check file
6. Use double data entry verification in EPIdata to minimize data entry errors
7. Use EPI info windows and sample size calculation
Course Contents

1. Word Processing and reference management

 How to Create and Maintain a Table of Contents
 How to create a list of figures and/or a list of tables
 Section Breaks and Page Numbers
2. Data management and analysis using SPSS, EPI Data and Epi Info

2.1. SPSS (Statistical package)

2.1.1. Date entry
2.1.1.1. Introduction to SPSS
2.1.1.2. SPSS Windows–Data editor, Syntax and output
 2.1.1.3. Creating data files in SPSS
2.1.1.4. Entering data
2.1.2. Data
2.1.2.1. Sort
2.1.2.2. Merge – Add cases and add variable
2.1.2.3. Select cases
2.1.2.4. Split file
2.1.3. Transformation
2.1.3.1. Compute
2.1.3.2. Recode – Into same variable and into different variable
2.1.4. Data analysis
2.1.4.1. Reports – tables
2.1.4.2. Descriptive statistics–Frequencies, Descriptive, Explore, Cross
tabs
2.1.4.3. Compare means–one sample t-test, independent sample t-test,
paired sample t-test, one-way ANOVA
2.1.4.4. Correlation – linear correlation
2.1.4.5. Regression – bivariate, multivariate and logistic regression
analysis
2.1.5. Graphs
2.1.5.1. Bar chart
2.1.5.2. Pie-chart
2.1.5.3. Line graph
2.1.5.4. Histogram
2.2. Epidata

2.2.1.1. Questionnaire file

2.2.1.2. Data entry file
2.2.1.3. Check file
2.2.1.4. Double entry verification
2.3. Epi Info
2.3.1.1. Window introduction
2.3.1.2. Sample calculation
We may add some brief information about STATA, even though it is not part of the
curriculum, based on the students' interests. Additionally, we can consider
incorporating information about EndNote.