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Overview
Key facts
Students will be able to interpret appropriate epidemiological study designs to address population health questions.This short course provides an introduction to the basic concepts in statistics and the main epidemiological methods used to identify and quantify disease and associated risks. Statistical subjects will include: types of data and data presentation, descriptive statistics, basic probability, distribution theory including the normal distribution and its properties, sampling theory, principles and techniques, inferential statistics, analysis of categorical and continuous data, non-parametric tests, correlation and regression, and survival analysis. You will be introduced to descriptive epidemiology, measures and comparisons of disease frequency, ecological studies, cross-sectional studies, prevalence studies, case-control studies, principles of screening, study design and questionnaires and qualitative research methods.
University of Birmingham's Epidemiology Statistics and Research Methods programme will teach you more about this topic.
Programme Structure
Courses include:
- Demonstrate a critical understanding of the main techniques used to investigate the epidemiology of the important causes of death and ill health
- Identify, interpret and discuss appropriate epidemiological study designs to address population health questions
- Interpret and discuss the importance of epidemiological and statistical information that they have collected themselves, or has been presented by others
Key information
Duration
- Full-time
- 10 days
Start dates & application deadlines
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Language
English
Credits
20 alternative credits
Delivered
On Campus
Disciplines
Health Sciences Epidemiology View 13 other Short Courses in Epidemiology in United KingdomAcademic requirements
We are not aware of any specific GRE, GMAT or GPA grading score requirements for this programme.
English requirements
We are not aware of any English requirements for this programme.
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Other requirements
General requirements
This short course provides an introduction to the basic concepts in statistics and the main epidemiological methods used to identify and quantify disease and associated risks.
Tuition Fee
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International
2960 GBP/fullTuition FeeBased on the tuition of 2960 GBP for the full programme during 10 days. -
National
1130 GBP/fullTuition FeeBased on the tuition of 1130 GBP for the full programme during 10 days.
Living costs for Birmingham
765 - 1134 GBP /month
Living costs
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