304179 (v.2) Health Research Methods 481
| Area: | School of Public Health |
| Contact Hours: | 4.0 |
| Credits: | 25.0 |
| Lecture: | 1 x 2 Hours Weekly |
| Tutorial: | 1 x 1 Hours Weekly |
| Laboratory: | 1 x 1 Hours Weekly |
| Introduction to the scientific method, experimental, quasi-experimental, descriptive, qualitative and epidemiological research. Measurement issues - questionnaire development, reliability and validity of data, issues of sampling and sample size. Ethics in research. Overview of descriptive statistics, probability distributions, hypothesis testing, estimation and confidence intervals, discussion of parametric and non parametric statistical tests. Use of computers in data management. |
| Year | Location | Period | Internal | Area External | Central External | | 2003 | Bentley Campus | Semester 1 | Y | Y | | |
Current as of: August 29, 2003 15:52:10
CRICOS provider code 00301J
