by
Jennifer Burns, MHSA; Laura Damschroder, MPH; Richard Evans, MS; Wyndy Wiitala, PhD
Seminar date: 4/6/2020
Seminar time: 1:00pm-2:00pm
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Description: We will compare algorithms, identified through a systematic literature review, that researchers have used to process and clean administrative (CDW) weight data. Data characteristics and statistical properties will be presented for 12 different cleaning algorithms applied to a large sample of CDW weight data. We will apply algorithms to weights in several scenarios: overall descriptive statistics, using weight as a predictor, assessing weight change over points in time, weight trajectories over time, and facility-level metrics. Practical recommendations for researchers and analysts using CDW weight data will be suggested.