Data Management and Preparing for Statistical Consultation - 9/26/22

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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).

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

Larry Gruppen

Larry Gruppen is Professor in the Department of Learning Health Sciences at the University of Michigan Medical School, where he directed the competency-based Master in Health Professions Education program. His research interests center around the development of expertise, knowledge and performance assessment, self-regulated learning, and educational leadership development. He has held the offices of president of the Society of Directors of Research in Medical Education and chair of the Association of American Medical College’s (AAMC) Central Group on Educational Affairs. He was also the founding Chair of the AAMC’s Medical Education Research Certificate (MERC) program. He has over 200 peer-reviewed publications on a variety of topics in medical education and presents regularly at national and international professional meetings. He was recognized for career productivity by the AAMC’s Central Group for Educational Affairs’ Medical Education Laureate Award, the John P. Hubbard Award from the National Board of Medical Examiners, the Merrel Flair Award from the AAMC Group on Educational Affairs, and University of Michigan Medical School’s Lifetime Achievement Award in Medical Education