6103 (v.7) Epidemiology and Biostatistics 582

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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
Prerequisite(s):	6102 (v.6) Health Research Methods 581 or any previous version     OR     304179 (v.2) Health Research Methods 481 or any previous version     OR     13152 (v.2) Health Research Methods 681 or any previous version     OR     5427 (v.6) Occupational Epidemiology and Biostatistics 581 or any previous version
Epidemiological research, association and causation, rates and ratios, standardisation, bias, confounding and sensitivity and specificity of diagnostic tests. Principles and evaluation of clinical trials, cohort and case control studies. Multivariate analyses - simple and multiple linear regression, 2 way ANOVA, ANCOVA, repeated measures and Kappa statistics. Use of SPSS software.
Year Location Period Internal Area External Central External 2003 Bentley Campus Semester 2 Y   Y