4858 (v.6) Epidemiology and Biostatistics 684

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Area:	School of Public Health
Contact Hours:	4.0
Credits:	25.0
Lecture:	1 x 3 Hours Weekly
Laboratory:	1 x 1 Hours Weekly
Prerequisite(s):	13152 (v.2) Health Research Methods 681 or any previous version
Co Requisite(s):	6103 (v.7) Epidemiology and Biostatistics 582     OR     13554 (v.2) Epidemiology and Biostatistics 782
Design and analysis of clinical trials, methods of randomisation, life table and survival analysis, multiple linear regression, logistic regression and log-linear modelling, dimension reduction techniques, repeated measure analysis of variance, intra-class correlation and reliability measures, meta analysis. The use of statistical computer software is an essential part of the unit.