Postgraduate Course: Research skills and statistics (VESC11144)
Course Outline
| School | Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies |
College | College of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate) |
| Course type | Online Distance Learning |
Availability | Not available to visiting students |
| SCQF Credits | 10 |
ECTS Credits | 5 |
| Summary | This course will provide students with the key skills that are essential for disease systems research. |
| Course description |
This course will provide students with the key skills that are essential for disease systems research. This includes hypothesis development, experimental design and statistical methods used in disease systems. Correlative vs experimental approaches will be compared.
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Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
| Pre-requisites |
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Co-requisites | |
| Prohibited Combinations | |
Other requirements | None |
Course Delivery Information
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| Academic year 2020/21, Not available to visiting students (SS1)
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Quota: None |
| Course Start |
Semester 2 |
| Course Start Date |
11/01/2021 |
Timetable |
Timetable |
| Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) |
Total Hours:
100
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Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 2,
Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours
98 )
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| Assessment (Further Info) |
Written Exam
0 %,
Coursework
100 %,
Practical Exam
0 %
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| Additional Information (Assessment) |
One in course formal summative written assessment worth 100% of the final mark |
| Feedback |
Not entered |
| No Exam Information |
Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
- To develop a research question and hypothesis, an appropriate experimental design to test the hypothesis and plan field collection of samples or measurements
- To learn to use statistics used in surveillance; power calculations for surveillance; statistics used in interventions
- To demonstrate skills in handling data and selecting the appropriate statistical methods.
- To describe and interpret outputs from statistical analysis in relation to the hypothesis and present findings
- To discuss the use of Bayesian inference methods in disease systems research
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Additional Information
| Graduate Attributes and Skills |
Not entered |
| Keywords | Research skills,statistical analysis,hypothesis,experimental design |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Dr Spiridoula Athanasiadou
Tel: (0131 6)51 9355
Email: sathanas@exseed.ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary | Mrs Angela Harding
Tel: (0131 6)51 7363
Email: Angela.Harding@ed.ac.uk |
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