309585 (v.1) Epidemiology and Biostatistics 481
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| Area: | School of Public Health |
|---|---|
| Credits: | 25.0 |
| Contact Hours: | 4.0 |
| Lecture: | 1 x 2 Hours Weekly |
| Tutorial: | 1 x 2 Hours Weekly |
| Prerequisite(s): |
Admission into
300380 (v.3)
Bachelor of Science (Health Sciences) (Honours)
or any previous version
OR Admission into 173609 (v.5) Bachelor of Science (Nursing) (Honours) or any previous version OR Admission into 311484 (v.2) Master of Science (Food Science and Technology) or any previous version |
| Syllabus: | Introduction to the scientific method within an epidemiological framework. Association and causation, observational and experimental study designs, application of ethical principles to research questions, measurement issues: reliability and validity of data, issues of sampling statistical inference, errors and hypothesis testing, power and sample size calculation. Overview of descriptive statistics, data types and statistical distributions, estimation and confidence intervals, and inferential statistical tests. |
| Field of Education: | 060100 Medical Studies (Narrow Grouping) |
| Result Type: | Grade/Mark |
Availability
| Year | Location | Period | Internal | Partially Online Internal | Area External | Central External | Fully Online |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | Bentley Campus | Semester 1 | Y |
Area External refers to external course/units run by the School or Department or offered by research.
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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
