Courses Handbook 2009

13121 (v.4) Epidemiology 282


Area: School of Public Health
Credits: 25.0
Contact Hours: 5.0
** The tuition pattern below provides details of the types of classes and their duration. This is to be used as a guide only. For more precise information please check your unit outline. **
Lecture: 1 x 3 Hours Weekly
Tutorial: 1 x 2 Hours Fortnightly
Laboratory: 1 x 1 Hours Weekly
Prerequisite(s):
Syllabus: Introduction to epidemiological research designs, measurements of morbidity and mortality, reliability and validity, properties of rates and ratios, age standardisation procedures. A review of descriptive and analytical epidemiological studies, inference and causation. Basic descriptive and inferential statistical techniques, using SPSS software.
** To ensure that the most up-to-date information about unit references, texts and outcomes appears, they will be provided in your unit outline prior to commencement. **
Field of Education: 061311 Epidemiology
SOLT (Online) Definitions*: Not Online
*Extent to which this unit or thesis utilises online information
Result Type: Grade/Mark

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