Monash University Handbook 2011 Postgraduate - Unit

Refer to the specific census and withdrawal dates for the semester(s) in which this unit is offered.

Synopsis

An overview of measures and issues in clinical research; sampling and inference; selecting items, reducing items and creating aggregate scores; inter-rater and intra-rater reliability; reliability and interval consistency of responses; assessing the validity of measures; responsiveness of measures to significant clinical change; strategies for gathering data; wording of questions and design of response categories; data entry and management and handling of missing data.

Objectives

On completion of this unit, students should be able to:

1. apply measurement principles and methods in the critical assessment;
2. develop measures employed in clinical and epidemiological research.

Assessment

Written/online weekly assessment tasks 50%
Final assignment 50%

Chief examiner(s)

Associate Professor Alstair Nichol

Contact hours

15 Contact hours over 2 days

Off-campus attendance requirements

15 contact hours over 2 days

Prerequisites

MPH1040 and MPH1041

Additional information on this unit is available from the faculty at:

http://www.med.monash.edu.au/epidemiology/pgrad