Postgraduate SWI-STA60004-2023

Research Design

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Duration

13 weeks

Study method

100% Online

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Assessments

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Prior study

Required

Start dates

27 Feb 2023
28 Aug 2023

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Subject details

What you'll learn

Students who successfully complete this subject will be able to:

Compare and appraise the processes used to develop and conduct survey research
Explain the ethics, laws and privacy considerations associated with the design and conduct of research;
Independently plan and design a small scale survey project, and prepare a detailed survey design report
Evaluate scale development and meta-analysis concepts
Identify different steps in conducting experimental research and be able to explain the basic principles of experimental design
Identify and implement different study designs including cohort and case-control studies, randomised control trials and clinical trials used in health statistics and elsewhere
Interpret measures of risk and disease rates

Topics covered

- Introduction to survey research and methods used in health statistics
- Survey sampling, experimental design, and observational procedures
- Developing a questionnaire
- Coding and cleaning survey data
- Scale development
- Concept of experimental design
- Incidence and prevalence statistics
- Standardization of rates
- Randomized trials, clinical trials and cohort studies
- Case-control studies
- Ethics and laws in conducting research
- Steps in conducting experimental research

Entry requirements

Equivalent subjects

You should not enrol in this subject if you have successfully completed any of the following subject(s) because they are considered academically equivalent:

SWI-HMS777 (Not currently available)
SWI-HMS773 (Not currently available)

You are recommended to have completed the following subjects(s) or have equivalent knowledge before starting this subject:

SWI-STA60001-Statistical Practice 1
SWI-HMS770 (Not currently available)

Others

Do not enrol into this subject if you have completed HMS773.

Additional requirements

No additional requirements

Description

This subject teaches students to identify some of the methodologies used in survey research. It includes an overview of the procedures used in survey research, a descriptive approach to methods including questionnaire design, data collection, and an introduction to survey sampling. It covers ethics and laws in conducting research. It also covers topics related to incidence and prevalence, standardisation, different types of study designs including cohort and case-control studies, randomised control trials and clinical trials in health statistics and elsewhere. Case studies will be drawn from areas such as sociology, market research, psychology, medical sciences and other areas as appropriate.

Assessments

Please note: assessment values are indicative only, details will be advised at the start of the subject.