Attention H ADM/P ADM 503 Research Methods students: Please read the curriculum requirements.

H ADM 8486 Applied Statistical Package for Health Administrators
P ADM 8486 Applied Statistical Package for Public Administrators

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Pretest: Distributed August 29, 2008
Dates: Students need to attend only 1 of the following 2-day sessions
                   Session 1 - Saturday, September 6 and Sunday, September 7, 2008
                   Session 2 - Saturday, September 13 and Sunday, September 14, 2008
Times: Saturday, 9: 15 a.m.-5:00 p.m. and Sunday, 1:15-6:30 p.m.
Posttest: Immediately following respective workshop, Sunday, 6:30 p.m.
Location: Penn State Harrisburg, Library computer lab, room 106

Curriculum Requirement
Students enrolled in H ADM/P ADM 503 Research Methods are required to enroll in the Applied Statistical Package workshop unless they can prove they have the SPSS skills that will be required in the course. A pretest will be given for those who feel confident they are proficient in the required skills and wish to forego taking H ADM/P ADM 8486. The instructor will discuss the pretest scheduling and other workshop details during the first day of the Research Methods class.

Workshop Overview
Increasingly, organizations expect employees to incorporate data-driven analysis into daily decisions, long-range planning, and organizational operations. Applied Statistical Package for Health Administrators and Public Administrators is an intensive two-day noncredit workshop designed to enable students to gain the knowledge and skills required to run a computerized statistical analysis package: SPSS.

Benefits and Opportunities

• Gain familiarity with concepts and master skills essential to successfully completing H ADM/ P ADM 503 Research Methods
• Improve current and future professional standing by demonstrating competency in use of a key analytical tool used by data-driven organizations committed to learning more about their clients, students, patients, and employees.
• Take a final, hands-on exam (pass/fail) to demonstrate learning to prepare and use the SPSS package

Topics

• Preparing raw data for statistical analysis, including entering the data, naming variables, adding labels, creating composite variables using mathematical or logical statements, and more
• Importing data from spreadsheets and databases for statistical analysis
• Preparing charts and graphs from SPSS data
• Selecting subsets of data for separate analyses
• Converting SPSS analysis output into “presentation” formats for inclusion in reports, PowerPoint presentations, etc.
• Saving an SPSS data file, so that it can be recalled many times for further analysis

Continuing Education Units
Penn State has approved this workshop for 1.2 Continuing Education Units (CEUs). The CEU is based on a standard of one unit per ten hours of classroom contact. Upon successful completion of the program posttest, each participant will be awarded a certificate verifying the CEUs earned.

Costs
The registration fee is $249. The required text for the course is SPSS for Windows Step-by-Step: A Simple Guide and Reference, 16.0 Update 9/E, by Darren George and Paul Mallery and published by Allyn & Bacon, ISBN 0205661335. This book is scheduled for release in July and also will be used in the Research Methods class. Version 15.0 of the text will be used if this book is not released as scheduled. This course will require a Penn State computer Access Account (user ID and password). If you indicate on the registration form that you do not have an Access Account, a temporary one will be created for you.

Registration and Payment
Registration deadline is Thursday, September 4. The fee may be paid by check, request to bill employer, or VISA or MasterCard. Students may request a payment plan (paid in full during fall 2007) by contacting Linda Conrad at 717-948-6517 or ltc1@psu.edu. A confirmation letter will be e-mailed to students whose registrations are received by Thursday, January 24.. Please include your e-mail address on your registration form.

Cancellation and Refund Policy
The University reserves the right to cancel or postpone any course because of insufficient enrollment or for other unforeseen circumstances. If a program is cancelled, registrants will be notified by telephone or e-mail, and refunds processed. Please provide a daytime phone number for this purpose. A 100% refund will be made only if the student’s written notice of cancellation is received in the Continuing Education office by Tuesday, September 2. There are no refunds after that date, but substitutes are welcome.

Additional Information

About the Program:
Continuing Education
Penn State Harrisburg
777 West Harrisburg Pike
Middletown, PA 17057-4989
Phone: 717-948-6505
Fax: 717-948-6276
E-mail: cetraining@psu.edu

Registation and Payment
Continuing Education
Noncredit Registration
Penn State Harrisburg
777 West Harrisburg Pike
Middletown, PA 17057-4989
Phone: 717-948-6505
Fax: 717-948-6276
E-mail: dcf12@psu.edu