MDSR Data Analysis

and Interpretation
Workshop

Introduction of the course Adama, July

2016

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 Learning objectives
• At the end of the work shop the participants are
expected to
1. Become familiar MDSR database, and its data flow
[entered, cleaned, missing value and quality assured]

2. Practice basic data analysis to produce descriptive and

statistical information of maternal deaths

3. Identify the best data presentation options

4. improve skills for data interpretation,

5. become familiar with presentation (dissemination) of your

data
6. understand the strengths and limitations of the MDSR data
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 Workshop organization
Become familiar Become familiar
MDSR database Data analysis
• Data manipulation software • Descriptive analysis
• Data entry, Cleaning, • Compute MDSR data set
• Missing value management • Contextualizing results
• Interpretation of findings

Become familiar
Presenting your findings
• Presentation skills
• Dissemination of results
• Strength and limitation

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 1. Become familiar with MDSR database

1. The MDSR database and how it flows

2. Software for data entry and analysis

3. The data entry process in epi info

4. Preparing the data for analysis

[Classical/ Visual dashboard, filtering, and variable recoding]

6. The analysis process

7. Presentation using graphs [Excel and Word office]

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 2. Become familiar with data analysis

1. Be familiar with filtering using time

[quarterly, annually]

2. Be familiar with recoding of MDSR variables

3. Be familiar with basic descriptive analysis in MDSR

data

4. Do analysis using cross-tabulation, comparison with

background data vs avoidable data

5. Display the findings of the analysis

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 3. Analysis of your data

1. Analysis and presentation of your 2008 data

[regional level]

2. Presentation of findings using facts intended to

illustrate, person, place and time [labeling]

3. Conclude the findings and provide feasible

recommendation based on the findings

4. Disseminate the findings of the analysis to providers

of the service

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 The workshop
• It is a three days workshop

• Organized by:
• Theoretical mini-lectures [interactive] and
• Practical exercise
• Analysis and presentation of your data

• Flow of the workshop

• Mini lecture  Practice  Mini lecture  practice
• Work on your data [home take exercise]
• Presenting your MDSR data
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 Pre-requests from workshop
attendees
1. Having a laptop + simple calculator + flashes for data transfer
[loaded with epi-info, excel, word]

2. Full attendance, with interactive participation

3. Time keeping [early arrival and use proper time mgt]

4. Practicing the home take exercise [group/ individual]

5. Switching off mobiles [airplane mode/ or total switching]

6. Sample MDSR report format [paper]

7. Full participation on the analysis and presentation of their

MDSR data finding.
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