Statistics for the Health Sciences

Course Code
5104
ECTS Credits
5
Semester
5th Semester
Course Category

Compulsory

Compulsory

Course Description
LEARNING OUTCOMES

The specific course aims for students to acquire theoretical and practical skills in the analysis and interpretation of statistical data in the health field. The course orientation will focus on developing the student's "statistical thinking." Statistical thinking refers to the ability to draw logical conclusions from various kinds of statistical data with the help of statistical methods and techniques

At the end of the course, the student will have:

  • Understand the basic principles governing statistics in the context of health sciences
  • Learn to use special statistical software (SPSS) at a basic level
  • Learn to describe and organize the data he/she collects (descriptive statistics) introduced in hypothesis testing mode (inductive statistics)
GENERAL COMPETENCES
  • Adaptation to new situations
  • Application of knowledge in practice
  • Decision making
  • Demonstration of social, professional and ethical responsibility
  • Efficient search, analysis, and synthesis of data and information using the essential technologies
  • Exercise criticism and self-criticism
  • Independent Assignment
  • Respect for diversity and multiculturalism
SYLLABUS
  • Why we need Statistics
  • Basic Principles of Measurement
  • Data Presentation
  • Central Tendency and Dispersion Indices
  • Normal Distribution, typical values
  • Case Control
  • The concept of Correlation
  • Calculation of the Correlation Index
  • Comparison of category frequencies
TEACHING and LEARNING METHODS - EVALUATION
Activity Semester workload
Lectures – Study & Analysis of bibliography

26

Practice Exercises

13

Independent personal study 

40

Independent personal study and preparation 
for the exam

46

Course total 

125 hours. (5 ECTS)

 

STUDENT PERFORMANCE EVALUATION
  • Final Exams (50% of the total grade)
  • Assessment Exercises (50% of the total grade)
ATTACHED BIBLIOGRAPHY

Books

  • Tintle, L. N., Chance, L. B., Cobb, W. G., et al. (2021). Εισαγωγή στις στατιστικές έρευνες. Δάρδανος. Code in Eudoxus [102071454]
  • Γεωργοπούλου, Σ. Χ. (2012). Μεθοδολογία έρευνας και ανάλυση δεδομένων στη Λογοπαθολογία. Κωνσταντάρας. Code in Eudoxus [68394500]
  • Κατσής, Α., Σιδερίδης, Γ., & Εμβαλωτής, Α. (2011). Στατιστικές μέθοδοι στις Κοινωνικές  Επιστήμες. Μοτίβο. Code in Eudoxus [25815] 

Additional Bibliography

  • Cohen, J. (1994). The earth is round (p<.05). American Psychologist, 49(12), 997-1003
  • Cohen, J. (1990). Things I have learned (So far). American Psychologist, 45(12), 13041312
  • Ρούσσος, Π. (2011). Ο έλεγχος μηδενικών υποθέσεων: διαδικασία, παρανοήσεις, και μερικές  προτάσεις για καλύτερες πρακτικές. Ψυχολογία, 18, 224-239
  • Ρούσσος, Π., & Τσαούσης, Ι. (2011). Στατιστική στις επιστήμες της συμπεριφοράς με τη χρήση  SPSS. Αθήνα: Τόπος.
  • Χαλικιάς, Μ. (2016). Μεθοδολογία έρευνας και εισαγωγή στη Στατιστική Ανάλυση Δεδομένων με   το IBM SPSS STATISTICS. Κάλλιπος. Code in Eudoxus [59303491]
COURSE WEBSITE (URL)

https://eclass.uop.gr/courses/3657/