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PS50112: Advanced statistics for use in health contexts

Academic Year: 2018/9
Owning Department/School: Department of Psychology
Credits: 6      [equivalent to 12 CATS credits]
Notional Study Hours: 120
Level: Masters UG & PG (FHEQ level 7)
Period:
Semester 2
Assessment Summary: CW 100%
Assessment Detail:
  • COURSEWORK 1 (CW 50%)
  • COURSEWORK 2 (CW 50%)
Supplementary Assessment:
Like-for-like reassessment (where allowed by programme regulations)
Requisites: Before taking this module you are advised to take PS50065 AND take PS50066
Description: Aims:

* To equip students with the skills to use and interpret advanced multivariate statistics
* To provide an appreciation of the applications of advanced multivariate analysis in health and medicine.

Learning Outcomes:
On completion of this unit, students will
* Learn and understand how and why selected advanced multivariate analyses are computed.
* Practice conducting, interpreting and reporting analyses.

Skills:
Intellectual
* To learn independently
* To critically evaluate and assess research and evidence as well as a variety of other information
* To utilise problem solving skills
Professional / Practical
* Advanced information technology and computing technology (e.g. SPSS)
* Independent working skills
* Advanced numeracy skills.

Content:
Introduction to power and sample size, multidimensional scaling, logistic regression, meta-analysis, structural equation modelling.
Programme availability:

PS50112 is a Designated Essential Unit on the following programmes:

Department of Psychology

PS50112 is Optional (DEU) on the following programmes:

Department of Social & Policy Sciences
  • THXX-AFM54 : MRes Advanced Quantitative Methods in Social Sciences
  • THXX-AFM76 : MRes Advanced Quantitative Methods in Social Sciences
  • THXX-APM54 : MRes Advanced Quantitative Methods in Social Sciences

PS50112 is Optional on the following programmes:

Department of Psychology

PS50112 is available for Auditing on the following programmes:

Department for Health

PS50112 is a Stage Required Designated Essential Unit on the following programmes:

Department of Psychology

Notes:

  • This unit catalogue is applicable for the 2018/19 academic year only. Students continuing their studies into 2019/20 and beyond should not assume that this unit will be available in future years in the format displayed here for 2018/19.
  • Programmes and units are subject to change in accordance with normal University procedures.
  • Availability of units will be subject to constraints such as staff availability, minimum and maximum group sizes, and timetabling factors as well as a student's ability to meet any pre-requisite rules.
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