Learning Objectives
Course 1: NHANES and CMS Linked Data Orientation
Module 1: Accessing NHANES and CMS Linked Data
Task 1: Describe the Research Data Center (RDC) and Data Request Process
Module 2: NHANES and CMS Linked Data Overview
Task 1: Sources and Structure of Linked Datasets
Task 2: Review the history of NHANES and CMS data
Module 3: NHANES and CMS Data Linkage
Task 1: Describe how the CMS files are linked to NHANES files
Module 4: Contents of the NHANES and CMS Linked Data Files
Task 1: Describe the CMS data content
Task 2: Years of NHANES-CMS linked data
Course 2: Determine the Maximum Available Sample Size
Module 5: Describe, Locate, & Download Feasibility Files
Task 1: Explain the Importance of Feasibility Files
Task 2: Locate & Download Feasibility Files and Documentation
Task 3: Locate & Download NHANES Files and Documentation
Module 6: Create SAS-formatted Datasets
Task 1: Create SAS-formatted Feasibility File
Task 2: Create SAS-formatted Datasets from the NHANES Data File
Module 7: Merge Feasibility File and NHANES Data
Task 1: Merge Datasets
Module 8: Produce Summary Statistics
Task 1: Produce Table of Race/Ethnicity and Gender by Linkage Eligibility and Match Status of NHANES Respondents
Module 9: Alternative Approaches to Approximate an Analytic Sample
Task 1: Locate Number of NHANES Respondents Who Linked to CMS Administrative Records
Task 2: Locate the Sample Count Tables to Approximate an Analytic Sample Size
Task 3: Locate Managed Care Enrollment Table for NHANES-CMS Linked Data
Course 3: Analytic Limitations, Assessements for a study population, Nonresponse and Weighting Issues
Module 10: Important Analytic Considerations when using the NHANES-CMS Linked Data
Task 1: Limitations of CMS data
Task 2: Assessment of a study population
Module 11: Non-Response and Weighting Issues with the NHANES-CMS Linked Data
Task 1: Survey Weights and the NHANES-CMS linked data
Course 4: Variance Estimation and Hypothesis Testing
Module 12: Estimating Variance, Analyzing Subgroups and Calculating Degrees of Freedom for Performing Statistical Tests and Calculating Confidence Intervals
Task 1: Explain Variance Estimation Within NHANES
Task 2: Describe Methods for Variance Estimation Used in NHANES
Task 3: Calculate Degrees of Freedom for Performing Statistical Tests and Calculating Confidence Limit
Module 13: Hypothesis Testing when using the NHANES-CMS linked data
Task 1: Use the t-test statistic
Task 2: Perform chi-square test
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