The Epi Info™ 7 Classic Analysis (CA) module is used for the statistical analysis of data. Data to be analyzed may be collected using questionnaires created in Form Designer and populated using Enter or may be imported from external sources. It is the core analytical component of Epi Info™ 7 and has remained largely unchanged in form and function through many versions and implementations of the package. The user can execute commands from the interactive, menu-driven Command Explorer or the text-based Program Editor. Output is generated in HTML format and organized by a paging system that allows users to navigate forward and backward through the results using anchors embedded in the output of each command. The Explorer lists 46 commands organized into groups according to function: manipulation of datasets, individual variables, statistical analyses, defining new commands and generating output. A user can create a sequence of commands representing a complex workflow in the Program Editor, save it as a file and execute it in batch mode, independently of the Classic Analysis GUI. |