Table 8 |
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An example survey response from part 1. |
| Part 1 – Task 1 |
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| "How does the deaths/100,000 of Allegheny County in 1996 compare to the deaths/100,000
of each of the counties that border it?" |
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| 1. I would use ArcGIS (v9.1) to open a state map and identify the counties that border
Allegheny County. |
| 2. Next, using SPSS v 13.0, I would aggregate the death file and population file to
get annual death totals and populations for counties by linking the geography table
to the death and population tables. |
| 3. Next I would compute the age-adjusted death rates for counties by year using the
tables generated in the previous step (SPSS v13.0) |
| 4. Finally I would generate a report using SPSS v13.0 of 1996 death rates by county
after selected Allegheny and its bordering counties. |
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Participant who uses both GIS and statistical software for community health analysis. Above is the participant's response (in italics) to task 1 in part 1. |
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