Department of Public Health - Student Corner: Research and Biostatistics Resources

Do you feel you are incapable of learning math? Anyone can learn math, but some people's struggles with it go beyond simple anxiety. You may have dyscalculia. Learn more about dyscalculia and available resources from Adult Dyscalculia: https://adultdyscalculia.org

Online Dyscalculia Sceening:

https://adultdyscalculia.org/adult-dyscalculia-screener/

https://www.cognifit.com/dyscalculia-test

If the screening suggests you have dyscalculia, review the resources at Adult Dyscalculia. You may also contact our accommodations specialist, Marty Allison for further advice.

Marty Allison
Accommodations Specialist
martyallison@atsu.edu
(480) 245-6248

Statistics, Datasets, and APA Formatting

Number and Statistics Guide, 7th Edition (APA Style)
https://apastyle.apa.org/instructional-aids/numbers-statistics-guide.pdf

Reporting Results of Common Statistical Tests in APA Format
https://psych.uw.edu/storage/writing_center/stats.pdf

Data set References (APA Style)
https://apastyle.apa.org/style-grammar-guidelines/references/examples/data-set-references

APA 7th Referencing: Datasets, Software & Tests
https://libraryguides.vu.edu.au/apa-referencing/7DatasetsSoftwareTests

Tutorials

Research Basics

• Research Methods (Research with Fawad; YouTube): https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLb7vm6tsQ3Kv4fPX_6Ug76KhahE4-P1w2

From ATSU:

Research Nexus Archives (YouTube): https://www.youtube.com/@ATStillResearchInstitute/playlists
Includes presentations on research methods and research topics

CGHS Research Webinar Archives: https://guides.atsu.edu/CGHS/Public_Health/Student_Corner/Research_Webinars
Various presentations and research webinars by CGHS faculty & students

LibKey Nomad
https://thirdiron.com/downloadnomad/
User Guide: https://guides.atsu.edu/ld.php?content_id=70745625

LibKey Nomad is a helpful browser extension that will connect your browser to the ATSU library, and let you know if you have full-text access to articles, even if you are not using a library database.

This means that if you are searching public sites like PubMed or Google Scholar, or find yourself on the website for a specific journal or article, you can get immediate full-text access without having to search in the library catalog.

If the library cannot provide full text access, LibKey Nomad will help you submit and ILL request in just one click.

You can download the extension for Chrome, Edge, Firefox, Brave, Vivaldi, and Safari here: https://thirdiron.com/downloadnomad/

After installing the extension, open options and select "A.T. Still University" for your organization.

General Concepts in Statistics

• Khan Academy - Statistics & Probability: https://www.khanacademy.org/math/statistics-probability

SPSS

• Learn SPSS in 15 minutes (Data for Development; YouTube): https://youtu.be/TZPyOJ8tFcI
• The Ultimate Guide to SPSS (IBM-SPSS): https://www.spss-tutorials.com/
• The Ultimate Guide IBM SPSS Statistics Guides (Laird Statistics): https://statistics.laerd.com/
• Statistics for Social Scientists (Research with Fawad; YouTube): https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLb7vm6tsQ3KsaoEo9aojOY1deUpd4n2mP
• Using IBM SPSS Statistics: An Interactive Hands-On Approach (by James Aldrich): https://study.sagepub.com/aldrich3e/student-resources/step-by-step-spss%C2%AE-tutorial-videos

Minitab

• Minitab Tutorial for Beginners | What is Minitab? | Minitab Training for Statistics (Invesis Learning; YouTube): https://youtu.be/iVYHpmQ3tQQ?si=p6xM5aZBEvRAaIZY
• Introduction to Minitab Statistical Software (Minitab; YouTube): https://youtu.be/dNiBVJvwwbI?si=tnaERWKglxjgN5GH
• Minitab Support (Video series): https://www.minitab.com/en-us/support/videos/
• Minitab Tutorials (Thiel College; Video series): https://www.thiel.edu/academics/departments/math-and-computer-science/tutorials/minitab-tutorial
• Free Minitab Course (SimpliLearn; Video series; 3 hours total): https://www.simplilearn.com/learn-minitab-basics-online-free-course-skillup OR https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLEiEAq2VkUUKHrWR8TPyHCsyUvJSxyXFJ
• How to Use Minitab (WikiHow; can download each module as PDF): https://www.wikihow.com/Use-Minitab

Excel Statistics

• Learnit Training
  • Excel Intro to Data Analysis Tutorial: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YE1HBEY2upg
  • Data Analysis with Excel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CnR3yDXZQ1M
  • Excel Data Analysis Full Course Tutorial (7+ Hours): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qrbf9DtR3_c

Creating surveys and survey questions

• Creating Effective Surveys: Best Practices in Survey Design (Institute of Education Sciences; YouTube): https://youtu.be/6H3AI0M6ZOk?si=QIHxrrketjcjqxo-
• Don Dillman's Survey Principles
  • Dillman’s Principles to Create Survey Items (PPT; includes examples): https://education.ufl.edu/educational-research/files/2014/10/Creating_Survey_Items.pdf
  • Don Dillman’s* Guiding Principles for Mail and Internet Surveys: https://www.une.edu/sites/default/files/Microsoft-Word-Guiding-Principles-for-Mail-and-Internet-Surveys_8-3.pdf
• Writing Survey Questions (Pew Research Center): https://www.pewresearch.org/writing-survey-questions/

From ATSU:

Research Nexus Presentation on
REDCap - A secure Web Application for building Online Surveys and Databases
Wednesday, January 22
If you missed the presentation, stay tuned for a link to the recorded presentation

Any ATSU student may have a REDCap account created at the request of their faculty mentor. An email from a faculty mentor to ITS should indicate that they agree to be the student’s sponsor on REDCap and provide the student’s anticipated graduation date. ITS highly recommends the faculty sponsor also have a REDCap user account.

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Free Statistical Software
http://statpages.org/javasta2.html