Authors : Bruce, Nigel; Pope, Daniel; Stanistreet, Debbi
Edition : 2
Year : 2018
Description :
Welcome to Quantitative Methods for Health Research, a study programme designed to intro-
duce you to the knowledge and skills required to make sense of published health research, and
to begin designing and carrying out studies of your own.
The book is based closely on materials developed and tested over more than 15 years with
the campus-based and online Master of Public Health (MPH) programmes at the University of
Liverpool, UK. A key theme of our approach to teaching and learning is to ensure a reasonable
level of theoretical knowledge (as this helps to provide a solid basis to understanding), while
placingatleastasmuchemphasisontheapplicationoftheorytopractice(todemonstratewhat
actuallyhappenswhentheoretical‘ideals’comeupagainstreality).Forthesereasons,thelearn-
ing materials have been designed around a number of published research studies and informa-
tion sources that address a variety of topics from around the world, including both developed
and developing countries. The many aspects of study design and analysis illustrated by these
studies provide examples which are used to help you understand the fundamental principles of
good research, and to practise these techniques yourself.
The MPH programme on which this book is based consists of two postgraduate taught epi-
demiology and statistics modules, one Introductory and the other Advanced, each of which
requires 150 hours of study (including assessments), and provides 15 postgraduate credits
(1unit).Asstudentsandtutorsusingthebookmayfinditconvenienttofollowasimilarmodule-
based approach, the content of chapters has been organised to make this as simple as possible.
The table summarising the content of each chapter on pages xvii to xix indicates which sec-
tions (together with page numbers) relate to the introductory programme, and which to the
advanced programme.
The use of computer software for data analysis is a fundamental area of knowledge and
skills for the application of epidemiological and statistical methods. A complementary study
programme in data analysis using IBM SPSS software has been prepared; this relates closely
to the structure and content of the book. Full details of this study programme, including the
data sets used for data analysis exercises, are available on the companion website for this book
www.wiley.com/go/bruce/quantitative-health-research.
The book also has a number of other features designed to enhance learning effectiveness,
summarised in the following sections.
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https://khmermedicalbook.blogspot.com/2018/05/epikjhff
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