Objectives and competences
Student will:
• Know how to choose the appropriate statistical test among the tests used during the course.
• Know how to use the appropriate test to analyse the data.
• Be able to compare and critically evaluate the results from her/his and other already published studies.
• Be able to evaluate the significance of ethical questions and determine whether a proposed study needs to be assessed by the ethical committee.
Content (Syllabus outline)
• Designing quantitative research studies and collecting data in quantitative research.
• Design and testing hypotheses.
• Univariate, bivariate and multivariate inferential statistical methods.
• Sampling in quantitative research.
• Visualization of results in quantitative research.
• Interpreting and reporting results in quantitative research.
• Research ethics.
Learning and teaching methods
Lectures (auditory and e-lectures),
seminar tutorials, individual work.
Intended learning outcomes - knowledge and understanding
On completion of this course the student will be able to:
• Knowledge in designing quantitative research.
• Choose the appropriate statistical test.
• Design basic quantitative research studies.
• Organize collecting and analysing the data in quantitative studies.
Readings
Cilar Budler, L., Kmetec, S., Povalej Bržan, P., Štiglic, G., 2019. Osnove kvantitativne analize podatkov v zdravstvu : zbrano učno gradivo. Maribor: Univerza v Mariboru, Fakulteta za zdravstvene vede, 75 str.
Bruce, N., Pope, D., Stanistreet, D., 2018. Quantitative methods for health research: a practical interactive guide to epidemiology and statistics. 2nd ed. Hoboken; Chichester: Wiley.
Prerequisits
Prerequisites for taking the course:
None.
Conditions for fulfilling study obligations:
Project preparatuon and presentation.
