| This course is divided into two broad sections. In the first section, the course will explore an introduction to qualitative and quantitative approaches. This part will highlight some of the critical issues involved in conducting applied health related research. The second section will be an overview of statistical techniques that are appropriate to health related research. It will provide students with some basic building blocks that they can use to carry out their own research and critically evaluate the work or others. Students will be introduced to SPSS in the Quantitative Methods section (this will be used extensively in the Statistics section). |
