309424 (v.2) 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
Prerequisite(s):	7675 (v.8) Principles of Disease Processes 382 or any previous version AND 9318 (v.10) Nutritional Status 381 or any previous version
Co Requisite(s):	9315 (v.11) Nutrition Science 382 or any previous version
Syllabus:	Concepts of research methods and designs; inference and causation; and the 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 statistics 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, and the interpretation and discussion of results, including the identification of study limitations and sources of measurement error. Discussion on the impact of these on the generalisation of the study results. The concept of evidence-based nutrition and application of criteria to nutrition research. Identification of the unique challenges of the evidence-based approach as it applies to nutrition research.
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Field of Education:	069901 Nutrition and Dietetics
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
2008	Bentley Campus	Semester 2	Y

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Central External refers to external and online course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area

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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