Video Tutorials

Using the Software

These video tutorials demonstrate how to design and maintain a reportable communicable disease cluster detection system using SaTScan. To replicate the presented analyses, install SaTScan v10.3.3 or later and download the zip file provided on the Communicable Disease Space-Time Cluster Detection Data Set page.

SaTScan Analysis Setup

Get oriented to the SaTScan software and how to set up an analysis to prospectively detect communicable disease clusters.

Advanced Input and Output Features

Use built-in SaTScan features to support cluster interpretation, including line lists, maps, and temporal graphs.

Scanning Along a Network

Learn how to detect more precise spatial clusters by scanning along a network rather than using a circular scanning window.

Output Interpretation

Explore how to interact with and interpret SaTScan output files to support cluster interpretation and investigation.

Methods and Statistics

These videos describe the methods and statistics used to design a SaTScan analysis to detect disease outbreaks.

Spatial Scan Statistics

Introduction to spatial scan statistics