Area: | School of Public Health |
Credits: | 25.0 |
Contact Hours: | 5.0 |
Lecture: | 1 x 2 Hours Weekly |
Tutorial: | 1 x 3 Hours Weekly |
Prerequisite(s): | 2830 (v.4) Nutritional Biochemistry 282
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8338 (v.9) Nutrition 284
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306155 (v.1) Food Science 286
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Syllabus: | Research methods and designs, interference and causation, review of descriptive and analytical epidemiological, clinical, animal, cellular and molecular studies. Strategic targeted research priorities. Review of descriptive statistics, hypothesis testing, estimation and confidence intervals, parametric analysis, correlation co-efficients, statistical software application. Formulation, development and preparation of a research proposal. |
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Unit Outcomes: | On successful completion of this unit students will have discussed and critiqued concepts of nutrition research including cellular, animal and population based research. Selected and explained the statistical analysis for different research experiments and study designs. Formulated, developed and defended a nutrition research proposal. Generated a nutrition research proposal including critique of the literature, formulation of hypothesis, slection of appropriate research methodology and study design. |
Texts and references listed below are for your information only and current as of September 30, 2003. Some units taught offshore are modified at selected locations. Please check with the unit coordinator for up-to-date information and approved offshore variations to unit information before finalising study and textbook purchases. |
Unit References: | Martinez, J.A. and Martinez-Gonzalez, M.A. (2002). Nutrition Research Methodology In: Introduction to Human Nutrition. Oxford, Blackwell Science. Shott, S. (1990). Statistics for Health Professionals. Philadelphia, WB Saunders Company. Polgar, S and Thomas, S.A. (1995). Introduction to Research In The Health Sciences. 3rd ed. Melbourne, Churchill Livingstone. |
Unit Texts: | No prescribed Texts. |
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Unit Assessment Breakdown: | Examination 50%, Project Grant Application 30%, Project Grant Assessment 20%. This is by grade/mark assessment. |
Field of Education: | 69900 Other Health (Narrow Grouping) | HECS Band (if applicable): | 2 |
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Extent to which this unit or thesis utilises online information: | Informational | Result Type: | Grade/Mark |
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Availability
| Year | Location | Period | Internal | Area External | Central External | | 2004 | Bentley Campus | Semester 1 | Y | | |
Area
External | refers to external course/units run by the School or Department, offered online or through Web CT, or offered by research. |
Central
External | refers to external course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area |
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