The course is included in these curricula and study modules
- Human ageing and elderly service 2007 (native students) - Research studies
- Human ageing and elderly service 2008 (native students) - Research studies
- Human ageing and elderly service 2007 (international students) - Research studies
- Human ageing and elderly service 2008 (international students) - Research studies
- Human ageing and elderly service 2009 (international students) - Research studies
- Human ageing and elderly service 2009 (native students) - Research studies
- Human ageing and elderly service 2010 (international students) - Research studies
- Human ageing and elderly service 2010 (native students) - Research studies
Level/category
Teaching language
English
Type of course
Compulsory
Cycle/level of course
First
Recommended year of study
3
Total number of ECTS
5 cr
Competency aims
The aim of the course is that Student is able to expound upon statistical material and is familiar with the basics of statistical reasoning. To familiarize student with descriptive statistics and probability counting and statistical decision making.
Learning outcomes
At the end of the course the student is expected to be able to use of Health Care research data of statistics in the real-world.
Course contents
Topics include sampling and experimentation, descriptive statistics, probability, binomial and normal distributions, estimation, single sample and two sample hypothesis tests for means and proportions. Additional topics will be selected from descriptive methods in regression and correlation.
- Descriptive Statistics
- Correlations
- t-test for independent samples
- t-test for dependent samples
- Frequency tables
- Crosstabulation and stub-and-banner tables
- Spss
Prerequisites and co-requisites
Scientific Theory, Research Methods and Research Ethics 1
Previous course names
Scientific Theory, Research Methods and Research Ethics 1 and 2
Additional information
75% attendance Required
Recommended or required reading
Triola, Mario. 2010. Elementary Statistics, 11/E ,
Study activities
- Lectures - 30 hours
- Individual- and group instruction - 50 hours
- Project- and production work/artistic activities - 20 hours
- Individual studies - 33 hours
- - 0 hours
Workload
- Total workload of the course: 133 hours
- Of which autonomous studies: 133 hours
- Of which scheduled studies: 0 hours
Mode of Delivery
Participation in tuition
Assessment methods
Exams (written-, oral-, home-)
Teacher
- Durbo Badal Karis
- Kettunen Jyrki
Examiner
Gustafs Christel
Home page of the course
Group size
No limit
Assignments valid until
Until date 2013-03-15
Assessment methods
2013-03-15 - Exams