Resources

External Resources

Research Electronic Data Capture (REDCap)
REDCap is a secure, web-based application for quickly building and managing online surveys, data collection forms and databases. REDCap provides audit trails for tracking data manipulation and user activity, as well as automated export procedures for seamless data downloads to Excel, PDF and common statistical packages.

Statistical Training Seminars and Resources
On this page, you’ll find a comprehensive set of workshops and seminar resources offered by the UCLA OARC (Office of the Associate Vice Chancellor for Research and Statistics) aimed at helping students, researchers and collaborators deepen their statistical and data-analysis skills.

It features:

  • A list of upcoming live Zoom workshops, each with a focus (for example: analyzing complex survey data in SAS, producing tables in R, selecting covariates in regression) and links for registration and workshop materials.
  • A library of past recorded classes and workshops, organized by software package (e.g., R, Stata, SAS, SPSS, Mplus), covering topics from introductory programming and data-management to advanced modelling and survey-data analysis.
  • Direct links to workshop notes, slides or recordings so that you can revisit the content at your own pace or share with collaborators. 

Box
Box offers unlimited, HIPAA-compliant data storage that is free and easy to use. The intuitive cloud-based tool provides secure, 24/7 access to files from any location, on any device.

CTSI Biostatistics, Epidemiology and Research Design (BERD) Program
The BERD program provides integrated services and biostatistical support. Services include (1) contemporary data analysis methodology consultation, implementation and epidemiology expertise, (2) the best available clinical data management software, (3) study design assistance and (4) bioinformatics/computational biology data analysis.

CTSI Biomedical Informatics Program (BIP)
BIP provides access to electronic health record (EHR) data across multiple institutions, builds computation resources for data management, analysis and sharing, and formulates and implements coordinated plans for providing data security.

UCLA Institute for Digital Research and Education (IDRE)
The IDRE website is a rich repository of instructional materials for popular statistical software packages (including SPSS, SAS, Stata and R). Additionally, IDRE offers UCLA investigators hands-on courses covering varied topics in statistical programming, as well as a walk-in consulting service.

Qualtrics
Qualtrics makes it easy to generate surveys, process data, and create reports that help you share your findings.

Office of the Human Research Protection Program (OHRPP)
HIPAA research guidelines and information, including a list of protected health information (PHI) identifiers.