2016/17 Taught Postgraduate Module Catalogue

MEDR5150M Statistical Modelling in Health Research

15 creditsClass Size: 40

Module manager: Darren Greenwood
Email: d.c.greenwood@leeds.ac.uk@leeds.ac.uk

Taught: 1 Jun to 30 Jun (Adv pre 2223), Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) View Timetable

Year running 2016/17

Pre-requisite qualifications

Normally, a degree in medicine, dentistry, nursing, health care, health management, a science, a social science or in a profession allied to medicine.

Applications are encouraged from non-graduates with work experience in health research.

Normally attendance at Modules:
MEDR3010 (Introducing research)
MEDR5100 (Capturing data for research)
MEDR 5110 (Handling data in research)
MEDR5120 (Analytic research)
MEDR5130 (Intervention research)
MEDR5140 (Statistical inference in research).

This module is not approved as an Elective

Objectives

On completion of this module, students should be able to:

- identify the appropriate modelling technique to analyse data in a variety of situations
- check the validity of the assumptions behind this model
- model their data using a statistical computer package
- present their results appropriately
- interpret the results of their analyses
- comment critically on results of statistical modelling reported in articles from medical journal.

Syllabus

The teaching style for this module will be active and participative.

In a series of seminars with group activities, students will be introduced to statistical modelling, including multiple regression, analysis of covariance, logistic regression and survival analysis, and the conditions under which each modelling procedure is appropriate, how to check that these conditions are met, how to carry out these procedures for themselves in STATA, how to present and interpret their results and comment on others' reports containing such statistical tests. Emphasis will be placed on practical examples, presentation and interpretation of results.

Teaching methods

Delivery type	Number	Length hours	Student hours
Preparation Class	8	1.50	12.00
Lecture	1	1.50	1.50
Seminar	7	1.50	10.50
Private study hours			126.00
Total Contact hours			24.00
Total hours (100hr per 10 credits)			150.00

Private study

Reading and writing up per lectures, seminars and practical classes.

Opportunities for Formative Feedback

- Participation in and completion of critical appraisals during contact time;
- Completion of practical workbooks during contact time.

Methods of assessment

Coursework

Assessment type	Notes	% of formal assessment
Assignment	Satisfactory completion of practical workbooks, which will include coursework questions to solve.	70.00
Critique	Critical appraisal of an article	30.00
Total percentage (Assessment Coursework)		100.00

The dates on which coursework is set and submitted varies each time the module is delivered. Clear guidance will be given to students at the start of the module.

Reading list

The reading list is available from the Library website

Last updated: 13/04/2017

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