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Writing .PGM files for New EpiDataanalysis?
by EpiData support and user community 15 Feb '25

15 Feb '25

Caution! This message was sent from outside the University of Manitoba. Dear list, I am experiencing a fairly steep learning curve trying to write quite basic .pgm script files for the new post-2018 EpiData Analysis guided by the introductory text on the epidata website and the commands.html reference. I have searched the web for relevant tutorials, courses or examples, but cannot find any. Could anybody on the list be willing to share some programming examples for example on the examples page on Epidata.dk (or elsewhere)? BTW: Does the new Analysis allow for a parallel to the user input command in Classic: globalvariable=trim("?Input value?") Thanks for any hints or links. Regards, Vegard Hoegli MD, MPH

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PGM-file with date formulas crashes
by EpiData support and user community 07 Feb '25

07 Feb '25

Caution! This message was sent from outside the University of Manitoba. Dear list, 4 years ago I made a menu-driven activity monitoring system for a community health center based on the menu system designed by Jens Lauritsenand Hans Rieder with additional help from Jamie Hockin. Thank you for your generous help! The system has been in stable production at 2 sites in Norway since then, with very little need for support. Now, however, reports (.pgm-files) which includes date functions suddenly crash with this output: Invalid argument/mathematical expression PGM Error: Operation aborted One of the actual commands : Select year(startdate)= @rappaar On experimenting with different functions, it seems like the function no longer accepts date values. The EntryClient display dates in the format: dd.mm.yyyy, while Analysis displays dd/mm/yyyy, but this does not seem to be a problem. The report ran smoothly with data up to 2023, the same .epx datafile updated with 2024-data (about 3200 records) fails. Dataentry works fine, using EntryClient v 4.6.0.2, Menu shell and analysis runs EpiDatstat Classic 2.2.3.187 Since the problem arises in a file that used to work fine, I suspected that there must be a registration error. However,I have browsed and searched the dataset for missing or unexpected input but cannot find anything. If any of you have a hint where to look (or suggest a work-around, I would be grateful. Thank you in advance! Vegard Hoegli MD, MPH

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join
by EpiData support and user community 05 Feb '25

05 Feb '25

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Bonne année 2025 and follow-up on EpiData developments
by EpiData support and user community 08 Jan '25

08 Jan '25

Caution! This message was sent from outside the University of Manitoba. Je 02 jan 2025 Bonjour et bonne année 2025 à l'équipe d'EpiData. I hope Jens and Jamie still remember me; I have very nice memories of them. I used a lot the classic EpiData softwares (Entry and Analysis) before their new developments (Manager, EntryClient and Analysis); I had many difficulties with the test of the new versions years ago, so I decided to wait and to return to Epi Info 7 (ei7), for which I acquired a quite advance level, however, ei7 evolution didn't follow and I learned that the CDC won't support it anymore after next September. So, after all those years, I will need to return to EpiData. I asked to our information technology department to install the new EpiData on my computer, but I guess I'll need some support and more recent and detailed documentations that the ones that are available on the website (URL: https://epidata.dk/documentation.php); perhaps, if Jamie is available to give me a tour about EpiData, it would be a good start and accelerate my learning curve. Cordialement, Réjean Réjean Dion, M.D. Médecin-conseil en santé publique (maladies infectieuses) Laboratoire de santé publique du Québec (LSPQ) Institut national de santé publique du Québec (INSPQ) 20045, chemin Sainte-Marie, Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue (Québec) H9X 3R5 INSPQ Centre d'expertise et de référence en santé publique URL: http://www.inspq.qc.ca/ Professeur adjoint de clinique Département de médecine sociale et préventive (DMSP) École de santé publique de l'Université de Montréal (ESPUM) Tél.: 514-457-2070 poste 2325 Fax: 514-457-6346 Courriel: rejean.dion(a)inspq.qc.ca

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Happy New Year 2025 to the Jens and Epidata Team
by EpiData support and user community 01 Jan '25

01 Jan '25

Caution! This message was sent from outside the University of Manitoba. Happy New Year 2025 to the Jens and Epidata Team. Epidata Team has shown perseverance and resolve to continue the Epidata development. Keep it up. With regards and best wishes, Dr. Shavinder Singh

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EpiData freq and means, compared to SAS
by EpiData support and user community 16 Jul '24

16 Jul '24

Caution! This message was sent from outside the University of Manitoba. Hi all I have a project where I compare results of statistical analysis of free to use, easy to use (menu driven) statistical analysis programs. Free To Use Statistical Software: Comparing Statistical Analyses<https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=4105959> I did comparison of a little results from EpiData, comparing frequency and means to results from SAS. I'm happy to say EpiData results and SAS results are the same. I usually also compare results from correlation and regression. The help file in the downloaded program says regression is, at present, only in Analysis classic? The commands.htm file on the epidata website also lists correlation. I'm not clear if correlation is available in the all in one install? I can't seem to get a correlate command to run. correlate :=PctBelowPov =BirthRate =Services results in ERROR: Identifier "correlate" not found! Thanks Gene

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EpiData, analysis, means /by
by EpiData support and user community 15 Jul '24

15 Jul '24

Caution! This message was sent from outside the University of Manitoba. Hi all I hope this is something simple. I'm reading in this data set, the one I mentioned before. ShortDataSet.csv<https://drive.google.com/file/d/11WIET3s4eMHsB6JQ6hOQBx0SKquGRKKw/view?usp=…> I can get a frequency for AreaRegion, using both the drop down menu system and by typing in "freq AreaRegion" (without the quotes) and I can get a means in both the drop down menu system and by typing in "means population I can't seem to get means by population, in the line at the bottom of the analysis system where we can type in commands. I went to the list of commands http://www.epidata.dk/commands.htm where it says this: means variable1 [/by=variable2] [/T] [/q] basic descriptive statistics for numeric variable1, optionally stratified by variable2 Options: /by=variable2 : Stratify by this variable I typed in " means population /by=AreaRegion" (without the quotes) and got this .means population /by AreaRegion; ERROR: Line 1: Syntax error at pos 18: / Expected: "-", "!", "(", ")", ":=", ";", "@", "[", "else", "Identifier", "in", "to" I also tried a couple of variations, like "means population [/by=AreaRegion]" and means population (/by=AreaRegion) and got similar error lines. Any help with this? By the way, on the commands.htm web page above, in the first column, it looks like you can click on the command and it's supposed to go to another web page, for example, means<http://www.epidata.dk/means.htm> is supposed to lead to http://www.epidata.dk/means.htm but that results in not found. And again, I greatly appreciate all the work that folks put into EpiData and all the accompanying web pages, help pages, documentation, etc. It's a lot of work and your work is appreciated. Thanks Gene

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about epi data analysis, email list
by EpiData support and user community 15 Jul '24

15 Jul '24

Caution! This message was sent from outside the University of Manitoba. Hi I think I mentioned a couple of places on the epi data website where the email list website needs to be updated. Also, when you open epi data analysis, and click on help and about, it says the epi data email list is here http://lists.umanitoba.ca/mailman/listinfo/epidata-list but that clicks onto 'page not found'. Thanks Gene Gene Shackman Albany NY 12203 Applied Sociologist

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EpiData, means, difficult data set
by EpiData support and user community 12 Jul '24

12 Jul '24

Caution! This message was sent from outside the University of Manitoba. Hi all First, thanks to everyone involved in EpiData. It's a lot of work and I appreciate it. I list EpiData in my list of free to use stat software https://sites.google.com/site/gsocialchange/statsoft I have a data set that's probably difficult. ShortDataSet.csv<https://drive.google.com/file/d/11WIET3s4eMHsB6JQ6hOQBx0SKquGRKKw/view?usp=…> I can do some analysis, such as frequency, and a scatter graph, but I'm having problems with means. Using the menu drop downs, I tried to get a means for population and got this outcome .means population !vla !l; ERROR: Unknown option/variable: vla Actually, I get the same error if I try to get means for pctbelowpov, and gdppercap too. I -can- use population in a scatter plot, for example, population by gdppercap, or population by pctbelowpov. I can also use "describe" on a set of variables, for example, pctbelowpov to population. Just can't get means to work. Any help is greatly appreciated. Thanks Gene Gene Shackman Albany NY Applied Sociologist https://sites.google.com/site/gsocialchange/global-social-change-research-p…

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Release of latest versions Analysis: v3.3.0.0, Manager and EntryClient: 4.7.0.0
by EpiData support and user community 25 May '24

25 May '24

Caution! This message was sent from outside the University of Manitoba. Dear Jens and Team, Congratulations for carrying on the Epidata development. The latest versions Analysis: v3.3.0.0, Manager and EntryClient: 4.7.0.0 are more stable. After going through the details, will get back. With regards, Dr. Shavinder Singh

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