| Area: | Department of Podiatry |
| Credits: | 12.5 |
| Contact Hours: | 3.0 |
| Lecture: | 1 x 1 Hours Weekly |
| Laboratory: | 1 x 2 Hours Weekly |
| Prerequisite(s): | 6890 (v.6) Podiatric Practice 257 or any previous version
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8247 (v.8) Podiatric Orthopaedics 257 or any previous version
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13129 (v.4) Podiatric Medicine 257 or any previous version
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302519 (v.3) Podiatric Studies 257 or any previous version
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| Syllabus: | Research methodology and statistics. Scientific method, research design and process. Ethical issues relevant to research. Research reports. Descriptive statistics, sampling techniques, measurement, reliability and validity. Probability and tests of hypotheses. Computerised statistical packages. |
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| Unit Outcomes: | On successful completion of this unit students will have - An understanding of scientific research methods and it's application to podiatry. An understanding of experimental, quasi-experimental research, design and descriptive studies. An ability to use computer software packages on personal computers in order to analyse data. An ability to apply basic inferential statistics to study designs. |
| Text and references listed above are for your information only and current as of September 30, 2003. Please check with the unit coordinator for up-to-date information. |
| Unit References: | Australasian Journal of Podiatric Medicine. Journal of the American Podiatry Medical Association.The Foot. The International Journal of Clinical Foot Science. The Foot and Ankle International. |
| Unit Texts: | Kuzma J.W., (1998), Basic Statistics for the Health Sciences, 3rd ed., Palo Alto, Mayfield Publishing Company. |
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| Unit Assessment Breakdown: | Examination 40%. Project/Assignment 60%. This is by grade/mark assessment. |
| Year | Location | Period | Internal | Area External | Central External | | 2004 | Bentley Campus | Semester 2 | Y | | | |
