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Quantitative Methods
Postgraduate | CUR-MPH406 | 2021
Course information for 2021 intake
View information for 2022 course intakeStudy the causes and patterns of disease in human populations. Reveal essential data to plan, manage and evaluate services to prevent, control and treat disease.Support critical health investigation and research using statistical software.
- Study method
- 100% online
- Assessments
- 100% online
- Entry requirements
- Part of a degree
- Duration
- 14 weeks
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Quantitative Methods
About this subject
At the completion of this subject students will be able to:
- apply epidemiological principles to their specific area of study within public health
- recognise and analyse appropriate epidemiological procedures according to study type
- critique and review epidemiological literature
- identify and interpret public health problems/issues to which epidemiological principals can be applied
- assess and apply multivariable statistical tests using STATA to relevant data sets
- analyse and use computer software packages (STATA) to analyse epidemiological data.
- Epidemiological research, rates and ratios, standardisation, bias, confounding and sensitivity and specificity of diagnostic and screening tests
- Association and causation
- Principles and evaluation of clinical trials, cohort and case control studies
- Multivariable analyses: simple and multiple linear regression, two-way analysis of variance (ANOVA), analysis of covariance (ANCOVA)
- Use of (SPSS) statistical software
This subject was previously known as Epidemiology and Biostatistics.
Epidemiological research, association and causation, rates and ratios, standardisation, bias, confounding and sensitivity and specificity of diagnostic and screening tests. Principles and evaluation of clinical trials, cohort and case control studies. Multivariable analyses: simple and multiple linear regression, two-way analysis of variance (ANOVA), analysis of covariance (ANCOVA) and logistic regression. Use of (STATA) statistical software.
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Entry requirements
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Prior study
You must either have successfully completed the following subject(s) before starting this subject, or currently be enrolled in the following subject(s) in a prior study period; or enrol in the following subject(s) to study prior to this subject:
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Additional requirements
No additional requirements
Study load
- 0.125 EFTSL
- This is in the range of 10 to 12 hours of study each week.
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