DATA ANALYSIS METHODS IN HEALTH RESEARCH

NUT545

Course Code: NUT545
Semester: -
Theory+Practice: 2 + 1
ECTS: 5

Course Type

Elective Course

Course Level

Master's Degree With Thesis

Year of Study

Semester

ECTS

Name of Lecturer(s)

Professor Mehtap Akçil Ok

Learning Outcomes

At the end of this course, the students;

Learn the necessary information from the beginning to the end of the research
Learn to do research alone

Mode of Delivery

Face to face

Prerequisites

Recommended Optional Programme Components

Course Description

To teach the student how to plan the research and how to evaluate the data with statistical methods

Course Contents

WEEK	TOPICS
1^st Week	Research Methods and the Preparation of Research Proposal
2^nd Week	Sampling Methods (Cluster sampling; Stratified sampling) The Methods and Software Programs of Sampling Size Calculation
3^rd Week	Quantitative Research Methods ( Questionnaire and Experimental)
4^th Week	Qualitative Research Methods (Observation, Interview, Focus Groups)
5^th Week	The Introduction of Statistical Software Programs (SPSS and MINITAB)
6^th Week	Entry Raw Data; Frequency and Cross Tables (SPSS and MINITAB)
7^th Week	Hypothesis Thesis and The Practice of SPSS and MINITAB Independent Sample Tests
8^th Week	Midterm
9^th Week	Chi-Square Tests (SPSS and MINITAB)
10^th Week	One Way ANOVA and Multiple Comparison Tests (SPSS and MINITAB)
11^th Week	Correlation Analysis and Simple Linear Regression (SPSS and MINITAB)
12^th Week	Effective Presentation Techniques in Research
13^th Week	Practice within Classroom
14^th Week	The Presentation of Student Project
15^th Week

Recommended or Required Reading

Prof. Dr. Kazım Özdamar, ?SPSS ile Biyoistatistik?, Kaan Kitapevi, 1999.

Prof.Dr.Reha Alpar, ?Spor, Sağlık ve Eğitim Bilimlerinden Örneklerle UYGULAMALI İ Joaquim P. Marquez de Sa, 2007: Applied Statistics Using

SPSS, Statistica, Matlab and R, free e-book, Newyork.STATİSTİK ve GEÇERLİK-GÜVENİRLİK? Detay Yayıncılık, Ankara 2010.

Yüksel Terzi, 2012: Ondokuz Mayıs Üniversitesi Fen-Ed. Fak. İstatistik Bölümü, SPSS Ders Notları.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecture
Discussion
Questions/Answers
Project
Practice

Assessment Methods and Criteria

	Quantity	Percentage (%)
Mid-term	1	25
Assignment	1	10
Project	1	20
Other	1	40
Total(%)		95
Contribution of In-term Studies to Overall Grade(%)		95
Contribution of Final Examination to Overall Grade(%)		5
Total(%)		100

ECTS Allocated Based on Student Workload

Activities	Quantity	Duration (Hour)	Total Workload (Hour)
Midterm exam	1	1.5	1.5
Preparation for Quiz
Individual or group work	1	2	2
Preparation for Final exam	1	45	45
Course hours	14	3	42
Preparation for Midterm exam	1	30	30
Laboratory (including preparation)
Final exam	1	2	2
Homework	6	5	30
Total Work Load			152.5
Total Work Load / 30 (h)			5.08
ECTS Credit of the Course			5

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Work Placement(s)

Programme Qualifications / Learning Outcomes

	LO1	LO2
K1	X	X
K2	X	X
K3	X	X
K4
K5
K6	X	X
K7
K8
K9	X	X