13554 (v.2) Epidemiology and Biostatistics 782
| Area: | School of Public Health |
| Credits: | 25.0 |
| Contact Hours: | 4.0 |
| Lecture: | 1 x 2 Hours Weekly |
| Tutorial: | 1 x 2 Hours Weekly |
| Syllabus: | Descriptive statistics, probability distributions, concepts of hypothesis testing, estimation and confidence intervals. Nonparametric methods. Multivariate analyses including two way ANOVA, ANCOVA, simple and multiple linear regression and repeated measures. Use of SPSS statistical software to create, edit and analyse health research data. |
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| Unit Outcomes: | On successful completion of this unit students will be able to - Apply inferential and multivariate statistics to study designs. Use a statistical software package to conduct basic analyses of epidemiological data and evaluate statistical analyses in thehealth research literature. |
| Text and references listed above are for your information only and current as of September 30, 2003. Please check with the unit coordinator for up-to-date information. |
| Unit References: | Altman D.G., (1991), Practical Statistics for Medical Research, Chapman and Hall. Moore D.S. and McCabe G.P., (1993), Introduction to the Practice of Statistics, 2nd ed., WH Freeman and Company. Munro B.H., (2001), Statistical Methods for Health Care Research, 4th ed., Lippincott. Pagano M. and Gauvreau K., (1993), Principles of Biostatistics, Duxbury Press. Rosner B., (1990), Fundamentals of Biostatistics, Thomson Information/Publishing Group. |
| Unit Texts: | Dawson B. and Trapp R.G., (2001), Basic and Clinical Biostatistics, 3rd ed., Appleton and Lange. Coakes S.J. and Steed L.G., (2001), SPSS - Analysis Without Anguish, Version 10.0 for Windows, John Wiley and Sons. In addition for external students - SPSSfor Windows statistical software package, Version 10 or 11 (The Student version is sufficient.) [version 11 requires Windows XP] |
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| Unit Assessment Breakdown: | Assignments 50%, Final examination 50%. This is by grade/mark assessment. |
| Year | Location | Period | Internal | Area External | Central External | | 2004 | Bentley Campus | Semester 1 | | | Y | |
Current as of: February 2, 2004
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