THE LONG-TERM OBJECTIVE OF THE PROPOSED PROJECT IS TO DEVELOP FOR MICROCOMPUTER IMPLEMEN-TATION: 1.

THE LONG-TERM OBJECTIVE OF THE PROPOSED PROJECT IS TO DEVELOP FOR MICROCOMPUTER IMPLEMEN-TATION: 1.AN INTEGRATED, USER-FRIENDLY STATISTICAL SOFTWARE PACKAGE TO ANALYZE EPIDEMIOLOGIC DATA, AND 2.A BIBLIOGRAPHIC FORMATTING PROGRAM TO ALLOW RESEARCHERS TO ACHIEVE THESE RESEARCH GOALS, THE FOLLOWING ACTIVITIES WILL BE CARRIED OUT: 1.DEVELOP A DATABASE MANAGER TO ALLOW SOPHISTICATED DATABASE MANIPULATIONS, 2.WRITE STATISTICAL MODULES TO PERFORM EPIDEMIOLOGIC 3.DEVELOP A SOFTWARE PACKAGE TO ALLOW FOR DATA ENTRY OF REFERENCES AND THE FORMATTING AND PRINTING OF THESE REFERENCES ACCORDING TO THE DURING PHASE I, A PROTOTYPE DATABASE MANAGER WILL BE DESIGNED ALONG WITH STATISTICAL MODULES TO PERFORM UNIVARIATE ANALYSES, LOGLINEAR ANALYSIS, PARAMETER ESTIMATES FOR THE ANALYSIS OF MATCHED CASE-CONTROL STUDIES, AND ODDS RATIO ANALYSIS. A PROGRAM FOR FORMATTING REFERENCES WILL BE WRITTEN FOR 5 SCIENTIFIC JOURNALS. THE PRINCIPAL DELIVERABLE OF PHASE I WILL BE A REPORT SUMMARIZING AND DOCUMENTING THE WORK ACCOMPLISHED, EXHIBITING PROTOTYPE SOFTWARE ROUTINES, AND DISCUSSING THE POTENTIAL FURTHER DEVELOPMENT IN PHASE II. THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE TWO PROPOSED SOFTWARE PACKAGES WOULD MEET THE NEEDS OF MANY RESEARCHERS AND STUDENTS, PARTICULARLY THOSE ENGAGED IN EPIDEMIOLOGIC AND BIOSTATISTICAL RE-SEARCH.