From reh0303@doh.wa.gov Tue Mar 30 10:47:32 1999 Received: from mxu4.u.washington.edu (mxu4.u.washington.edu [140.142.33.8]) by lists.u.washington.edu (8.9.3+UW99.02/8.9.3+UW99.01) with ESMTP id KAA44992 for ; Tue, 30 Mar 1999 10:47:31 -0800 Received: from smtp.doh.wa.gov (hub.doh.wa.gov [192.230.1.5]) by mxu4.u.washington.edu (8.9.3+UW99.02/8.9.3+UW99.01) with SMTP id KAA26748 for ; Tue, 30 Mar 1999 10:47:28 -0800 Received: from Connect2 Message Router by smtp.doh.wa.gov via Connect2-SMTP 4.00; Tue, 30 Mar 99 10:46:49 -0800 Message-ID: <8E2F7E4A014C3700@smtp.doh.wa.gov> In-Reply-To: Date: Tue, 30 Mar 99 10:48:00 -0800 From: "Hoskins, Richard E." Sender: "Hoskins, Richard E." To: ph-assess@u.washington.edu Subject: Re: Basic Epi Training X-mailer: Connect2-SMTP 4.00 MHS to SMTP Gateway I can come (most) anytime in May. Schedule is filling up fast. MapInfo is fine. If you have only one copy I might bring my own software (I have 20 licensed copies) for the class. If you don't mind loading a few licenses on a lot of computers for one day then I can use MapInfo. Actually MapInfo has been very good about letting people leverage one license for a couple of days for training, clearly it might lead to additional sales. Best to check Schlosser Geographic in Seattle or directly with MapInfo. I can show you how to get a handle on small area problems without hiring a biostatician (who likely might not know what to do either as the problem is hardly settled. ) I do not pretend to be a small area expert by any means but just looking at the map and different maps made in different ways one can start a discussion that can lead to some pretty useful ways to decide how to proceed with high rates in specific, areas etc. The most important thing is to learn what NOT to do with a map which is not all that obvious and having made all the mistakes in spite of having read all the books and papers on the topic, I might be able to contribute here too. Richard E. Hoskins eMAIL: REH0303@doh.wa.gov tel: 360-236-4270 fax:360-236-4245 .