13152 (v.3) Health Research Methods 681
| Area: | School of Public Health |
|---|---|
| Credits: | 25.0 |
| Contact Hours: | 4.0 |
| Tuition Patterns: | The tuition pattern provides details of the types of classes and their duration. This is to be used as a guide only. Precise information is included in the unit outline. |
| Lecture: | 1 x 2 Hours Weekly |
| Tutorial: | 1 x 1 Hours Weekly |
| Laboratory: | 1 x 1 Hours Weekly |
| Equivalent(s): |
312781 (v.1)
MPH401 Health Research Methods
or any previous version
|
| Syllabus: | Introduction to the scientific method, experimental, quasi-experimental, descriptive and epidemiological research. Measurement issues: questionnaire development, reliability and validity of data, issues of sampling and sample size. Ethics in research. Descriptive statistics, estimation and confidence intervals, inferential statistical tests. Use of SPSS statistical software. Elements of critical appraisal. |
| Unit references, texts, outcomes and assessment details | The most up-to-date information about unit references, texts and outcomes, will be provided in the unit outline. |
| Field of Education: | 010103 Statistics |
| Result Type: | Grade/Mark |
Availability
| Year | Location | Period | Internal | Partially Online Internal | Area External | Central External | Fully Online |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | Bentley Campus | Semester 1 | Y | ||||
| 2012 | Bentley Campus | Semester 1 | Y | ||||
| 2012 | Bentley Campus | Semester 2 | Y | ||||
| 2012 | Bentley Campus | Semester 2 | Y | ||||
| 2012 | Open University HK | Semester 1 | Y | ||||
| 2012 | Singapore Campus | Semester 1 | Y | ||||
| 2012 | Singapore Campus | Summer Semester | 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
