6103 (v.7) Epidemiology and Biostatistics 582


Area: School of Public Health
Credits: 25.0
Contact Hours: 4.0
 
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Lecture: 1 x 2 Hours Weekly
Tutorial: 1 x 1 Hours Weekly
Laboratory: 1 x 1 Hours Weekly
Prerequisite(s):     6102 (v.6) Health Research Methods 581 or any previous version
    OR
    304179 (v.3) Health Research Methods 481 or any previous version
    OR
    13152 (v.3) Health Research Methods 681 or any previous version
    OR
    5427 (v.6) Occupational Epidemiology and Biostatistics 581 or any previous version
 
Syllabus: Epidemiological research, association and causation, rates and ratios, standardisation, bias, confounding and sensitivity and specificity of diagnostic tests. Principles and evaluation of clinical trials, cohort and case control studies. Multivariate analyses - simple and multiple linear regression, two-way ANOVA, ANCOVA, repeated measures and Kappa statistics. Use of SPSS software.
 
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Field of Education: 060100 Medical Studies (Narrow Grouping)
Funding Cluster: 09 - Dentistry, Medicine, Veterinary Science
SOLT (Online) Definitions*: Not Online
*Extent to which this unit or thesis utilises online information
Result Type: Grade/Mark

Availability

Year Location Period Internal Partially Online Internal Area External Central External Fully Online
2005 Bentley Campus Semester 2 Y     Y  
Area
External
refers to external course/units run by the School or Department or offered by research.
Central
External
refers to external and online course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area
Partially
Online
Internal
refers to some (a portion of) learning provided by interacting with or downloading pre-packaged material from the Internet but with regular and ongoing participation with a face-to-face component retained. Excludes partially online internal course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area which remain Central External
Fully
Online
refers to the main (larger portion of) mode of learning provided via Internet interaction (including the downloading of pre-packaged material on the Internet). Excludes online course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area which remain Central External