CORE--DATA MANAGEMENT AND BIOSTATISTICS

生物统计和数据管理核心已重新设计，以 为每个客户提供高级统计和数据管理支持 该计划项目的三项研究。这个核心组件是 隶属于艾滋病生物心理社会研究中心，以及 利用该中心进行的广泛的系统开发 在过去的五年里。中心与行为中心联系在一起 位于杰克逊医学大厦的医学研究中心(BMRC) 学校校园和行为医学大楼(BMRB)在 通过高速光纤通信的珊瑚山墙校园 网络。 生物统计和数据管理核心的具体目标包括 有两大类。第一类旨在提供 向每个国家提供集中的生物统计和方法援助 项目的研究。这种协助包括：(1)监督所有 数据分析方面；(2)关于方法学问题的咨询 与数据分析或数据质量控制相关；以及 开发新的和创造性的方法来处理统计问题和 有问题。第二类旨在提供综合数据 三个项目研究的管理结构。这个结构 包括：(1)数据录入屏幕的设计和编程；(2) 设计和编程通过以下方式执行数据验证的程序 距离检查；(3)设计和编程程序以正确地标记 各种缺失的数据类型；(4)设计和编程例程 质量保证和主题跟踪报告；以及，(5)设计 程序方便了数据管理之间的数据传输 系统、珊瑚山墙校园的大型计算机系统(例如， 对于使用SAS、BMDP、SPSS或其他特定分析系统的分析)， 和单独的微型系统(例如，用于用SAS-PC，SPSS-PC， SYSTAT或LIMDEP)。

The Biostatistics and Data Management Core has been re-designed to provide a high level of statistical and data management support to each of the Program Project's three studies. This core component is affiliated with the Center for the Biopsychosocial Study of AIDS, and makes use of the extensive system development undertaken by that Center over the past five years. The Center is linked with the Behavioral Medicine Research Center (BMRC) in Jackson Medical Towers on the Medical School Campus and with the Behavioral Medicine Building (BMRB) on the Coral Gables Campus through a high speed fiber optics communication network. The specific aims of the Biostatistics and Data Management Core fall into two broad categories. The first category is designed to provide centralized biostatistical and methodological assistance to each of the Project's studies. This assistance includes: (1) supervising all aspects of data analysis; (2) consulting on methodological issues associated with data analysis or data quality control; and, (3) developing new and creative approaches to handling statistical issues and problems. The second category is designed to provide an integrated data management structure for the three Project studies. This structure includes: (1) designing and programming screens for data entry; (2) designing and programming procedures to perform data verification through range checks; (3) designing and programming procedures to properly flag a variety of missing data types; (4) designing and programming routine reports for quality assurance and subject tracking; and, (5) designing procedures to facilitate the transfer of data between the data management system, the mainframe computer systems on the Coral Gables Campus (e.g., for analyses with SAS, BMDP, SPSS, or other specific analysis systems), and individual micro systems (e.g., for analyses with SAS-PC, SPSS-PC, SYSTAT or LIMDEP).