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8703 (v.5) Epidemiology 382



 

Area:

School of Public Health

Contact Hours:

5.0

Credits:

25.0

Lecture:

1 x 3 Hours Weekly

Tutorial:

1 x 2 Hours Fortnightly

Laboratory:

1 x 1 Hours Weekly

Prerequisite(s):

303091 (v.1) Epidemiology 186 or any previous version
Introduction to epidemiological research designs, principles of disease identification, measurements of morbidity and mortality, reliability and validity, properties of rates and ratios, age standardization procedures. A review of descriptive and analytical epidemiological studies, inference and causation. An overview of descriptive statistics, probability distributions, concepts of hypothesis testing, estimation and confidence intervals. Use of SPSS statistical software to create, edit and analyse research data.


Availability

YearLocationPeriodInternalArea ExternalCentral External
2004Bentley CampusSemester 2Y  

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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