Postgraduate Course: Introduction to Statistics and Critical Appraisal (PUHR11031)
Course Outline
| School | School of Clinical Sciences and Community Health |
College | College of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine |
| Course type | Standard |
Availability | Available to all students |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate) |
Credits | 10 |
| Home subject area | Public Health Research |
Other subject area | None |
| Course website |
http://www.mvm.ed.ac.uk/gradschool/index.htm |
Taught in Gaelic? | No |
| Course description | The course provides an introduction to key concepts and topics in the statistical methods typically used in public health research, and will introduce students to the techniques used to apraise critically published research in the public health and epidemiological literature. For students requiring a higher level of statistics training please see Statistic and Analysis. |
Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
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Other requirements | None |
| Additional Costs | None |
Information for Visiting Students
| Pre-requisites | None |
| Displayed in Visiting Students Prospectus? | Yes |
Course Delivery Information
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| Delivery period: 2011/12 Semester 1, Available to all students (SV1)
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WebCT enabled: Yes |
Quota: None |
| Location |
Activity |
Description |
Weeks |
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Tuesday |
Wednesday |
Thursday |
Friday |
| Med And Vet | Lecture | | 1-11 | | 10:00 - 10:50 | | | | | Med And Vet | Lecture | | 1-11 | | | | | 10:00 - 10:50 |
| First Class |
First class information not currently available |
| Exam Information |
| Exam Diet |
Paper Name |
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| Main Exam Diet S1 (December) | Introduction to Statistics and Critical Appraisal | 2:00 | | |
Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes
| Students should be familiar with the basic principles underlying statistical thinking, including areas such as types of data, the relationship of population to sample, sampling methods, confidence intervals and hypothesis testing. They should also be able to criticise published literature in a careful and systematic way. |
Assessment Information
| Written Exam |
Special Arrangements
| None |
Additional Information
| Academic description |
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| Syllabus |
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| Transferable skills |
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| Reading list |
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| Study Abroad |
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| Study Pattern |
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| Keywords | statistics, statistical methods, public health, critical appraisal, quantitative methods |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Mrs Gillian Mchugh
Tel:
Email: Gillian.McHugh@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary | Ms Margaret Luttrell
Tel: (0131 6)50 3227
Email: Maggie.Luttrell@ed.ac.uk |
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