Postgraduate Course: Introduction to Statistics (PUHR11050)
Course Outline
School | Deanery of Molecular, Genetic and Population Health Sciences |
College | College of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine |
Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate) |
Availability | Available to all students |
SCQF Credits | 10 |
ECTS Credits | 5 |
Summary | The course provides an introduction to the key concepts of statistical methods typically used in public health research, and will introduce students to fundamental techniques used to describe, analyse and interpret quantitative parametric data for two groups. |
Course description |
Topics to be covered include:
types of data
the relationship between population and sample
sampling methods
hypothesis testing
estimation - confidence intervals
univariate methods of analysis
power
multiple testing
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Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
Pre-requisites |
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Co-requisites | |
Prohibited Combinations | |
Other requirements | None |
Information for Visiting Students
Pre-requisites | None |
High Demand Course? |
Yes |
Course Delivery Information
Not being delivered |
Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
- Show knowledge of the basic principles underlying statistical thinking
- Show knowledge of best practice in describing data statistically, using graphs and using tables
- Show knowledge of the commonly used two group statistical tests used in the literature.
- Demonstrate understanding by appraising taught statistical methods described and applied in the literature
- Demonstrate an understanding of how these principles are applied to real life data and be able to describe data and carry out simple statistical analyses using SPSS statistical software, and interpret them correctly
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Additional Information
Graduate Attributes and Skills |
Not entered |
Keywords | Statistics statistical methods SPSS t-test chi-squared test confidence interval |
Contacts
Course organiser | Dr Niall Anderson
Tel: (0131 6)50 3212
Email: Niall.Anderson@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary | Ms Charlotte Munden
Tel: (0131 6)51 318
Email: cmunden2@ed.ac.uk |
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