Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) Project Resources

A comprehensive system for analyzing data. It can take data from almost any type of file and generate tabulated reports, plot distributions and trends, create charts and graphs, and perform descriptive and complex statistical analyses

Software that supports qualitative and mixed methods research. It's designed to help you organize, analyze and find insights in unstructured, or qualitative data like: interviews, open-ended survey responses, articles, social media and web content.

Statistical analysis software. It can be used for learning about statistics as well as statistical research

JMU students can get a subscription to Microsoft Office 365 ProPlus at no cost for Windows and Macintosh computers. In addition, you may install it on up to 5 computers. Your subscription to Microsoft Office will remain as long as you are enrolled as a JMU student.

The statistical consulting center is staffed by faculty in the Mathematics & Statistics department who are interested in assisting consulting clients with general or specific statistical questions. We can assist in experimental design, data analysis, interpretation of results and statistical computing issues. The group members have expertise in a variety of statistical software including SPSS, SAS, R, Splus and Minitab.

The Information Technology Help Desk serves as the central point of contact for the computing support needs of the JMU community.

Phone: (540) 568-3555

Email: helpdesk@jmu.edu

In Person: 4th floor, Student Success Center

Online: Submit a Service Request

The project "document[s] glaring variations in how medical resources are distributed and used in the United States. The project uses Medicare data to provide information and analysis about national, regional, and local markets, as well as hospitals and their affiliated physicians" (The Trustees of Dartmouth College)

The Division of Health Statistics collects and disseminates vital records data, conducts research and produces reports which help guide health policy issues affecting the Commonwealth of Virginia.

The FastStats site provides quick access to statistics on topics of public health importance and is organized alphabetically. Links are provided to publications that include the statistics presented, to sources of more data, and to related web pages.

The Data Resource Center, a project of the Child and Adolescent Health Measurement Initiative (CAHMI) at the Oregon Health and Science University, promotes data from the US Department of Health and Human Services, Health Resources and Services Administration, Maternal and Child Health Bureau, and the Center for Disease Control and Prevention's National Center for Health Statistics. The center analyzes, interprets, and presents public data by providing access to national, state, and regional data findings from large population-based surveys.

The Chronic Condition Data Warehouse (CCW) is a research database designed to make Medicare, Medicaid, Assessments, and Part D Prescription Drug Event data more readily available to support research designed to improve the quality of care and reduce costs and utilization. Tools such as Chronic Conditions Dashboard make reviewing data easy and accessible.