Epi Info™ User Guide

Visual Dashboard: Performing Statistical Analyses with Visual Tools

Analysis Gadgets

The Visual Dashboard contains a number of gadgets for analysis, charts, and advanced statistics.

General Analysis Gadgets

• Line List - provides a view of data in tabular format.
• Frequency - shows how many records have each value of a field.
• Word Cloud - used for text fields; shows the most common words used in a font size proportional to the frequency the word is used.
• Combined Frequency - illustrates the frequency and percentage of grouped variables.
• M x N / 2 x 2 Table – allows you to examine the relationship between two or more categorical values.
• Matched Pair Case-Control – compares an Exposure Variable, the Outcome Variable (i.e., case vs. control), and a Match variable that links each case to its control.
• Means - calculates the average for a continuous numeric variable.
• Duplicates List – helps you identify potentially duplicate records.
• Charts – produces histograms, scatter plots, pie charts, and bar and line graphs directly from data files.
  • Column Chart
  • Line Chart
  • Area Chart
  • Pie Chart
  • Aberration Detection Chart
  • Pareto Chart
  • Scatter Chart
  • Epi Curve Chart
• Advanced Statistics – provides options to determine the relationship between one dependent variable with one or more independent variables; one or more explanatory variables; or analyze data collected using simple random sampling or unbiased systematic sampling, and/or through more complex sampling strategies such as stratification, cluster sampling, and the use of unequal sampling fractions.
  • Linear Regression
  • Logistic Regression
  • Complex Sample Frequencies
  • Complex Sample Means
  • Complex Sample Tables