Statistics and Analysis (P02041)

? Credit Points : 20 ? SCQF Level : 11 ? Acronym : MED-P-CMVM

THE COURSE INTRODUCES AND ELABORATES THE KEY CONCEPTS OF THE STATISTICAL METHODS TYPICALLY USED IN PUBLIC HEALTH RESEARCH, AND PROVIDES STUDENTS WITH THE TECHNIQUES TO APPRAISE CRITICALLY PUBLISHED QUANTITATIVE RESEARCH. IN ADDITION, THE COURSE PROVIDES PRACTICAL TRAINING IN ANALYSIS OF PUBLIC HEALTH AND CLINICAL RESEARCH DATA, BY APPLYING BASIC STATISTICAL METHODS TO ACHIEVE DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY, ESTIMATION OF EFFECTS, HYPOTHESIS-TESTING AND GRAPHICAL PRESENTATION. THERE ARE SOME CORE TEACHING WILL BE IN CONJECTION WITH STUDENTS TAKING THE INTRODUCTION TO STATISTICS AND CRITICAL APPRAISAL (P2005) COURSE, SO THERE IS SUBSTANTIAL INPUT FROM DR NIALL ANDERSON. ADDITIONAL ELABORATION AND REFINEMENT OF UNDERSTANDING WILL BE ACHIEVED BY FURTHER DIRECTED READING, CLASS EXERCISES, TUTORIALS AND COMPUTER PRACTICALS.

? Keywords : CLINICAL RESEARCH DATA, STATISTICS, CRITICAL APPRAISAL, QUANTITATIVE RESEARCH, ANALYSIS, GRAPHICAL PRESENTATION OF DATA

Entry Requirements

? Pre-requisites : NONE

? Special Arrangements for Entry : 1ST HOUR LECTURE, 2ND HOUR LAB TUTORIAL BOTH IN GREENFIELD (20) LAB.

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 : 20 hour(s) 2 minutes per week for 10 weeks

All of the following classes

Type	Day	Start	End	Area
Lecture	Tuesday	11:10	13:00	Other
Lecture	Friday	11:10	13:00	Other

? Additional Class Information : 1ST HOUR LECTURE, 2ND HOUR LAB TUTORIAL BOTH IN GREENFIELD (20) LAB.

Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes

BY THE END OF THE COURSE STUDENTS WILL BE ABLE TO:
DEMONSTRATE AN UNDERSTANDING OF THE VALUE OF CONFIDENCE INTERVALS IN DATA REPORTING AND OF THE USES AND ABUSES OF HYPOTHESIS TESTING. UNDERTAKE AN APPROPRIATE METHOD OF ANALYSIS IN A VARIETY OF CONTEXTS, AND INTERPRET THE FINDINGS. ASSESS MEASUREMENT QUALITY. USE BOTH THE STATISTICAL PACKAGES SPSS AND A CALCULATOR TO PERFORM STATISTICAL ANALYSIS.