Postgraduate Course: Statistics and Analysis (PUHR11037)
This course will be closed from 31 July 2012
Course Outline
| School | School of Molecular, Genetic and Population Health Sciences |
College | College of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine |
| Course type | Standard |
Availability | Not available to visiting students |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate) |
Credits | 10 |
| Home subject area | Public Health Research |
Other subject area | None |
| Course website |
http://WWW.MVM.ED.AC.UK/GRADSCHOOL |
Taught in Gaelic? | No |
| Course description | This course is designed to elaborate, consolidate and extend understanding of the key concepts of the statistical methods introduced in the core Introduction to Statistics & Critical Appraisal course (which is therefore a pre-requisite, or co-requisite). Practical training in analysis of public health and clinical research data is provided, involving application of basic statistical methods to achieve descriptive summary, estimation of effects, hypothesis-testing and graphical presentation. There is a strong focus on appropriate interpretation of findings. The course is designed to mesh with the parallel core Introduction to Statistics & Critical Appraisal module with a minimum of duplication of teaching, in that learning in this module builds on lectures and tutorials for that module, by means of directed reading, class exercises, tutorials and computer practicals, supplemented by high-lighting explanation rather than formal lectures. |
Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
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Other requirements | None |
| Additional Costs | None |
Course Delivery Information
| Not being delivered |
Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes
By the end of the course the 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 statistical packages SPSS and a calculator to perform statistical analyses
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Assessment Information
| Examination at conclusion of semester with a mock mid term examination |
Special Arrangements
| 1ST HOUR LECTURE, 2ND HOUR LAB TUTORIAL BOTH IN GREENFIELD (28) LAB. |
Additional Information
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| Syllabus |
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| Transferable skills |
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| Reading list |
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| Study Abroad |
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| Keywords | CLINICAL RESEARCH DATA, STATISTICS, CRITICAL APPRAISAL, QUANTITATIVE RESEARCH, ANALYSIS, GRAPHICAL P |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Mrs Pam Warner
Tel: (0131 6)50 3248
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Course secretary | Ms Margaret Luttrell-Outsios
Tel: (0131 6)50 3227
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