Introduction to Statistics and Critical Appraisal (P02005)

? Credit Points : 10 ? SCQF Level : 11 ? Acronym : MED-P-P02005

The course provides an introduction to key concepts and topics in the statistical methods typically used in public health research, and will introduce students to the techniques used to apraise critically published research in the public health and epidemiological literature. For students with a higher level of statitics please see Statistic and Analysis.

? Keywords : statistics, statistical methods, public health, critical appraisal, quantitative methods

Entry Requirements

? Pre-requisites : None

Subject Areas

Home subject area

Public Health Research, (Medicine, Schedule R)

Delivery Information

? Normal year taken : Postgraduate

? Delivery Period : Semester 1 (Blocks 1-2)

? Contact Teaching Time : 2 hour(s) per week for 11 weeks

All of the following classes

Type	Day	Start	End	Area
Lecture	Tuesday	10:00	10:50	Med+Vet
Lecture	Friday	10:00	10:50	Med+Vet

Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes

Students should be familiar with the basic prinicples underlying statistical thinking, including areas such as types of data, the relationship of population to sample, sampling methods, confidence intervals and hypothesis testing. They should also be able to criticise published literature in a careful and systematic way.