Monthly Training Webinars on Research Data (6): Spatial Study of Health with Statistics, Census and GIS Data

Date: 

Thursday, February 18, 2021, 11:00am to 12:00pm

Location: 

Online

Monthly Training Webinars on Research Data: Sources, Tools and Applications

Co-Sponsored by China Data Institute, Future Data Lab, and RMDS Lab

6. Spatial Study of Health with Statistics, Census and GIS Data

Shuming Bao, China Data Institute & Future Data Lab

Tao Hu, Center for Geographic Analysis, Harvard University

English Session: 11:00AM-12:00PM, Thursday, Feb 18, 2021 (US Eastern Time)

Chinese Session: 10:00AM-11:AM, Friday, Feb 19, 2021 (Beijing Time)

Abstract:

The public health systems have experienced dynamic changes in China within recent years. This webinar will discuss available statistics, census data, GIS data as well as COVID-19 data for the spatial study of public health of China, including the following topics: (1) data sources, collection, category, definition, and interpretation; (2) alternative data sources; (3) comparison of the difference between the US and China data; (4) discussions of pros and cons; (5) workflow-based data analysis case studies based on published papers.

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