PH 6030 OL1 (CRN: 60191)
Public Health: Biostatistics I:App Rsch in PH (OL1)
3 credit hours
About PH 6030 OL1
Biostatistics I (Applied Research Methods in Public Health) includes biostatistics, research designs, and qualitative approaches, and includes emphasis on evaluating research articles in public health. Pre/co-requisites: College-level Mathematics course; Bachelor's degree.
Notes
Open to graduate-level students; All other students require instructor permission; Must submit the request at: http://go.uvm.edu/phcourses Students will be notified if permission is granted; Contact student Advisor, Pallas Ziporyn at Pallas.Ziporyn@uvm.edu for any questions; Asynchronous online
Section Description
This course helps students develop the basic data analysis and statistical thinking skills required to perform research in the field of public health. The course is for students with a wide variety of skills and backgrounds relating to public health research, ranging for people already working as researchers to individuals very new to the field. Students who successfully complete this course are prepared to take more advanced quantitative public health courses, such as Biostatistics II.
Biostatistics I includes multiple learning formats over six weeks: Brief instructor narratives and course content presented as Articulate Rise (AR), textbook readings, videos and PowerPoint presentations, group discussions and practice problems for statistical topics and tests relevant for public health research, healthcare and public health practice. The course uses SPSS statistical software which is free to UVM students and downloaded at the start of the course. We occasionally point students towards Khan Academy or other videos and online resources.
Course Objectives:
• Demonstrate a mastery of the statistical concepts and research methods that underlie biostatistics for public health • Be able to communicate clearly and effectively about the types of data that are used in applied public health research • Be able to describe the basic statistical tools that are used in applied public health research, and which tools should be used with specific types of data or study designs • Select quantitative and qualitative data collection methods appropriate for a given public health context • Analyze quantitative and qualitative data using SPSS statistical software, as appropriate
Section Expectation
Credits: 3 credit hours Prerequisites: Bachelor’s degree and college-level mathematics course Meeting Place & Time: Fully online course presented as a series of content modules
Required Text and/or Materials: Essentials of Biostatistics in Public Health (4th edition) by Lisa Sullivan, PhD. (URL link: https://ezproxy.uvm.edu/login?url=http://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/vermontdana- ebooks/detail.action?docID=30514386). Purchasing the book gets students access to online resources called “Navigate 2 Advantage Access.” According to the Dana library, only 9 students can access the electronic text via this link (see above) simultaneously. However, hard copies of the textbook are
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available via Dana Library Reserve with a default loan period of 2 hours and a maximum 3-day limit.
Software: The software packages needed for this course are SPSS version 26 or later (see Module 1 for guidance), Microsoft Word and Adobe Acrobat or equivalent software for reading and creating PDFs. For the best performance of the UVM Brightspace system, we recommend students use Firefox or Chrome as the web browser for course-related work.
Evaluation
Most assignments consist of practice problems or SPSS work and are graded based on completion, accuracy and timely submission. All quizzes are open book and notes, and Brightspace materials can also be used.
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