DLI Ontario Spring Training 2008 <odesi> Exercises[1]
Smoking behaviours have changed radically over time. Can you describe, decade by decade, how this change has manifested itself? Hint: You may be able to answer this question simply by examining the marginals.
Points for discussion:
At which level(s) did you search (study description, variable description, etc.)?
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Which search terms did you use? ______
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Did you find differences in smoking behaviour over time?______
If so, please describe: ______
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Which sort of training modules would you suggest for questions like these? ______
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Do you have any other comments you’d like to share?
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A student has been asked to choose a survey on addiction for her Sociology class. She needs to pick out no more than ten substantive variables as well as demographics such as gender, income and age. She only needs cases from Ontario. Her professor would like the data in SPSS format. How would you proceed?
Points for discussion:
At which level(s) did you search? ______
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Which search terms did you use? ______
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Which variables did you choose? ______
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Which sort of training modules would you suggest for questions like these? ______
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Do you have any other comments you’d like to share?
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Statistics Canadahealth surveys utilizes a Health Utility Index (HUI).[2] You are asked to determine how this measure corresponds to self-rated health as well as to chronic conditions. Is there a difference in the mean (average) HUI for people who rate themselves in good vs. poor health? And which chronic conditions show the greatest difference in the HUI between those who report suffering from the condition vs. those who do not? Hint: The HUI is a NOT a categorical variable. You will need to add it as a measure rather than adding it as a row or column variable.
Points for discussion:
At which level(s) did you search? ______
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Which search terms did you use? ______
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Did you find differences in HUI depending on the health (self-perceived or chronic conditions) of the respondents? ______I
If so, please describe: ______
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Which sort of training modules would you suggest for questions like these? ______
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Do you have any other comments you’d like to share?
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Alexandra Cooper, Jeff Moon, Queen’s; Bo Wandschneider, Guelph; Wendy Watkins, Carleton
[1] All the material presented here will be available to DLI members through the DLI site, once it is implemented or, with permission, from other institutional sources.
[2]The HUI denotes the respondent's measure of overall health status. It assesses vision, hearing, speech, getting around (ability to move about), dexterity (movement of hands and fingers), feelings, cognitive ability (memory and thinking) and pain. The overall HUI rating, which can range from -0.360 to 1.000 is calculated based on responses to a series of questions on health status.