For students attending the course Quantitative Research and Methods 1 course code 4GB004
This course introduces students to the key concepts and methods of quantitative research, focusing on its application in global health. Quantitative research is essential for measuring health outcomes and understanding patterns within populations. Students will explore different study designs, such as cohort and case-control studies, to understand their strengths and limitations, not only in research but also in other types of studies and evaluations.
Syllabus
The course covers practical skills, including how to select participants and collect data in a structured way. Students will learn to interpret health data using key measures such as measures of disease occurrence, such as incidence and prevalence, and associations, such as risk differences and risk ratios. Basic descriptive statistics, such as calculating means or medians to summarise data, will be introduced, alongside inferential statistics, such as p-values or confidence intervals, which allow for drawing conclusions about populations based on sample data. The course also introduces students to statistical software.
Ethical considerations when using quantitative methods will be taught, with a focus on the ethics of involving participants in quantitative studies. By the end of the course, students will be equipped to apply basic quantitative methods not only in research but also in programme evaluations and other global health studies, using statistical techniques to draw meaningful and ethical conclusions from their data.
Schedule
Will be published 2 weeks before course starts.
Course evaluation and course analysis
Course evaluation and course analysis will be published one month after the end of course.
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