COURSE UNIT TITLE

: ADVANCED ANALYSIS METHODS IN PUBLIC HEALTH

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
HSA 6112 ADVANCED ANALYSIS METHODS IN PUBLIC HEALTH ELECTIVE 2 0 0 6

Offered By

Public Health

Level of Course Unit

Third Cycle Programmes (Doctorate Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR ŞERIFE REYHAN UÇKU

Offered to

Public Health
Occupational Health

Course Objective

Learning advanced methods of reseach and analyses

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Be able understand and critice research read,
2   Plan research,
3   Collect data,
4   Analyse data,
5   Write research,
6   Teach research administrating.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Research planning
2 Analyses of quantitive data
3 Analyses of qualititve data
4 Validity and reliability
5 Regresssion and correlation analysis
6 Multivariate analysi
7 Teach research administration and writing

Recomended or Required Reading

Portney LG, Watkins MP. Foundations of clinical research. Prentice Hall;2000.
Abramson JH, Abramson ZH. Survey methods in community medicine. 5th ed. Edinburgh: Churchill Livingstone;1999.
Kirkwood BR, Sterne JAC. Essential medical statistics. Bodmin: Blackwell Science; 2003.
Daly LE, Bourke GJ. Interpretation and uses of medical statistics. 5th ed. Oxford: Blackwell Science;2000
Armitage P, Berry G. Statistical methods in medical research. 3rd ed. Oxford: Blackwell Science;1996.
Dawson B, Trapp RG. Basic and clinical biostatistics. 4td ed. New York: Lange Medical Books/McGraw-Hill;2004.
Dupont WD. Statistical modelling for biomedical researchers. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press;2002.
Elwood M. Causal relationships in medicine. Oxford: Oxford University Press;1992.
Elwood M. Critical appraisal of epidemiological studies and clinical trials. Oxford: Oxford University Press;1998.
Aksakoğlu G. Sağlıkta araştırma ve çözümleme. DEÜTF;2006

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 PRF PERFORMANCE
3 FIN FINAL EXAM
4 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.30 + PRF* 0.30 + FIN* 0.40
5 RST RESIT
6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.30 + PRF* 0.30 + RST* 0.40


*** Resit Exam is Not Administered in Institutions Where Resit is not Applicable.

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

Homeworks, performance during the lesson and final exam

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

Regular attendance.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

gazanfer.aksakoglu@deu.edu.tr

4124001,2

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 28 1 28
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 28 3 84
Preparation for final exam 1 10 10
Preparing assignments 1 5 5
Preparing assignments 4 5 20
Midterm 1 1 1
Final 1 1 1
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 149

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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