309424 (v.1) Nutrition Research Principles 382

Area:

School of Public Health

Credits:

25.0

Contact Hours:

5.0

** The tuition pattern below provides details of the types of classes and their duration. This is to be used as a guide only. For more precise information please check your unit outline. **

Lecture:

1 x 3 Hours Weekly

Tutorial:

1 x 2 Hours Weekly

Syllabus:

Concepts of research methods and designs; inference and causation; review of descriptive and analytical epidemiology, clinical, animal, cellular and molecular studies. Ability to interpret, evaluate and critique nutrition research including critical analysis of landmark nutrition studies. Ability to apply descriptive and basic inferential statistical to the statistical analysis of data collected in a group project. Reporting on the results of the group project including the statistical analysis, and presentation of data, the interpretation and discussion of results, including the identification of study limitations and sources of measurement error and discussion on the impact of these on the generalisation of the study results. Outline the concept of evidence based nutrition and application of criteria to nutrition research. Identify the unique challenges of evidence based approach as it applies to nutrition research.

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Field of Education:

069900 Other Health (Narrow Grouping)

Funding Cluster:

06 - Computing, Built Environment, Health

SOLT (Online) Definitions*:

Not Categorised
*Extent to which this unit or thesis utilises online information

Result Type:

Grade/Mark

Availability

Year	Location	Period	Internal	Partially Online Internal	Area External	Central External	Fully Online
2006	Bentley Campus	Semester 2	Y

Area External	refers to external course/units run by the School or Department or offered by research.
Central External	refers to external and online course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area
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