Data Management and Preparing for Statistical Consultation - 1/8/2024

Includes a Live Web Event on 01/08/2024 at 12:00 PM (EST)

This workshop helps participants prepare their data for analysis and be able to answer questions about their data that a statistician will likely ask when providing consultation.

At the end of the workshop the participants will be able to:

Collect data;
Set up data files;
Enter data into data files;
Check and clean data prior to analysis;
Compare my sample to my population;
Address statistical issues discussed during consultation with a statistician (e.g., Type I & II errors, power, effect sizes).

Recordings will be made available for viewing following the completion of each workshop. Viewing of recordings may not be substituted for participation in live workshops.

This workshop is a part of the MERC Virtual Workshop 2023 - Series 3.

Patricia O'Sullivan

Patricia S. O’Sullivan is a Professor of Medicine and Surgery and Director, Research and Development in Medical Education, at the University of California, San Francisco School of Medicine. She holds the Endowed Chair in Surgical Education. At UCSF she co-directs the Teaching Scholars Program and oversees the advanced degree programs in health professions education as well as leads efforts in facilitating educational research. Her educational research studies have collaborators from medicine, nursing, pharmacy, and health related professions. The UCSF faculty development program that she led received the international ASPIRE for Excellence Award. Dr. O’Sullivan has led the Research in Medical Education Section of the AAMC, the RIME Program Planning Committee and the Division for Professions Education of the American Educational Research Association. She is a Fellow of the American Educational Research Association and recipient of the Merrill Flair Award from the GEA, of the Outstanding Career Achievements in Medical Education from the Society of General Internal Medicine and the UCSF Lifetime Achievement in Mentoring Award. In 2022 she received the Harmen Tiddens Medal from University Medical Center Utrecht The Netherland