Quantitative methods for health research : A practical interative guide to epidemiology and statistics
Welcome to Quantitative Methods for Health Research, a study programme designed to introduce you to the knowledge and skills required to make sense of published health research, and to begin designing and carrying out studies of your own. The book is based closely on materials developed and teste...
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| Language: | English |
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John Wiley & Sons, Ltd
2020
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| Online Access: | https://dlib.phenikaa-uni.edu.vn/handle/PNK/382 |
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| Summary: | Welcome to Quantitative Methods for Health Research, a study programme designed to introduce
you to the knowledge and skills required to make sense of published health research, and to begin
designing and carrying out studies of your own.
The book is based closely on materials developed and tested over almost ten years with the
Master of Public Health (MPH) programme at the University of Liverpool, UK. A key theme of
our approach to teaching and learning is to ensure a reasonable level of theoretical knowledge
(as this helps to provide a solid basis to knowledge), while placing at least as much emphasis
on the application of theory to practice (to demonstrate what actually happens when theoretical
‘ideals’ come up against reality). For these reasons, the learning materials have been designed
around a number of published research studies and information sources that address a variety of
topics from the UK, Europe and developing countries. The many aspects of study design and
analysis illustrated by these studies provide examples which are used to help you understand the
fundamental principles of good research, and to practise these techniques yourself.
The MPH programme on which this book is based, consists of two postgraduate taught modules,
one Introductory, the other Advanced, each of which requires 150 hours of study (including
assessments), and provides 15 postgraduate credits (1 unit). As students and tutors using the book
may find it convenient to follow a similar module-based approach, the content of chapters has
been organised to make this as simple as possible. The table summarising the content of each
chapter on pages xi to xiii indicates which sections (together with page numbers) relate to the
introductory programme, and which to the advanced programme.
The use of computer software for data analysis is a fundamental area of knowledge and skills
for the application of epidemiological and statistical methods. A complementary study programme
in data analysis using SPSS (Statistical Package for the Social Sciences) has been prepared; this
relates closely to the structure and content of the book. Full details of this study programme,
including the data sets used for data analysis exercises, are available on the companion web site
for this book www.wileyeurope.com/college/bruce.
The book also has a number of other features designed to enhance learning effectiveness,
summarised in the following sections. |
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