INTHE4033 – Advanced Module in Quantitative Methods

Course content

The course provides more in-depth knowledge and skills in the application?of quantitative methodologies in studies addressing health and health?services and enable the students to effectively develop a robust protocol?for their master’s degree thesis. Through lectures, seminars, and handson practical exercise, students shall be able to acquire and apply both?theoretical and practical skills on quantitative methods, designs, analyses?and presentations.

Learning outcome

Knowledge

Upon completion of this course, you will be able to:?

  • Explain the measures of frequency, association and impact used in?epidemiology?

  • Outline the different quantitative study designs and their?applicability on studying health events?

  • Explain errors in epidemiological studies? Summarise the sensitivity and specificity of various measures in?quantitative studies?? Interpret power calculations for quantitative studies

  • Explain the use of Directed Acyclic Graphs (DAGs)

Skills?

Upon completion of this course, you will be able to:

  • Formulate appropriate quantitative research questions

  • Discuss and choose a relevant quantitative research design for your?master project

  • Estimate sample size and power in your own study both by hand, or?by using online calculators and statistical programs? Create DAGs to identify potential bias in your own projects when?planning your research

  • Assess the validity and reliability of quantitative data collection tools?

  • Choose statistical tests and epidemiologic measures appropriate for?addressing your research question

  • Interpret results from analysis of epidemiological data

General competences?

After completing the course, you will be able to:

  • Appreciate the role of quantitative methodology in global community?health research and in generating evidence to inform policy and?programming

Admission to the course

This course is only available for students at the master programme:

International Community Health (master)

Students who are admitted to study programmes at UiO must each semester register which courses and exams they wish to sign up for?in Studentweb.

If you are not already enrolled as a student at UiO, please see our information about?admission requirements and procedures.

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Teaching

Teaching

The course consists of lectures, and seminars. In the seminars, the?students do exercises and assignments related to the course.

80% attendance in the seminars is required to be eligible to take?the exam. Attendance will be registered.?

The quota for absence is meant to cover normal sickness absence and the like. You are therefore not given a valid absence from classes based on a medical certificate, even if the absence is due to obstacles for which you yourself cannot be blamed.?In special cases, for example in the case of serious or long-term illness, you can apply for special needs provisions.

Access to teaching

A student who has completed compulsory instruction and coursework and?has had these approved, is not entitled to repeat that instruction and?coursework. A student who has been admitted to a course, but who has?not completed compulsory instruction and coursework or had these?approved, is entitled to repeat that instruction and coursework, depending?on available capacity.

Examination

One individual assignment and oral presentation.

80% attendance in the seminars is required to be eligible to take the exam.?

Examination and grading at The Faculty of Medicine.

Language of examination

The examination text is given in English, and you submit your response in?English.

Grading scale

Grades are awarded on a pass/fail scale. Read more about?the grading system.

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Facts about this course

Level
Master
Credits
10
Teaching
Spring
Teaching language
English

Contact

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