- Course Code
- HE 3019
- Credit Points
- 30
- Course Coordinator
- Dr L Aucott, Dr P Murchie
Pre-requisites
Co-requisites
HE 3010, HE 3016
Overview
The course will cover terminology of epidemiology; strengths and weaknesses of different epidemiological study designs; calculating and interpreting measures of frequency and association; bias, confounding, validity and reliability in epidemiological designs.
It will also cover the concepts of probability and statistical inference and approriate statistical testing to use in different health studies. Statistical modelling will be introduced.
Structure
One 3 hour and one 2.5 hour session each week.
Assessment
1st Attempt - two hour written exam (60%); continuous assessment (40%). Continuous assesment:- Epidemiology written assignment (series of short questions) = 20%, Statistics short assignment to show understanding = 5%, main assignment (series of questions including interpretation of SPSS output) = 15%.
Resit: Two hour written exam (100%).
Formative Assessment
Group work is used during the course which provides informal formative assessment of the progress of the students - poor understanding can be identified and rectified.
The short statistics assignment is formative for the main assignment as feedback is provided before the main assignment is submitted.
Feedback
Individual, written feedback is provided on all continuous assessments. In addition, the course coordinators will discuss the exam with students, on request.