MSc (Clin) Endodontics

Year of entry: 2024

Course unit details:
Biostatistics

Course unit fact file
Unit code DENT70001
Credit rating 15
Unit level FHEQ level 7 – master's degree or fourth year of an integrated master's degree
Teaching period(s) Semester 2
Available as a free choice unit? No

Overview

The Biostatistics unit is an interactive online course, mandatory to all PGT students of the Division of Dentistry complementing the School's other mandatory unit, namely Research Methods.

'Biostatistics' provides students with an introduction to key material required for the design, analysis and interpretation of clinical and clinically-related research and the production of a high quality dissertation.

The course will run over a 12-week period, supplemented with timetabled face-to-face sessions which will be used to consolidate the online material and provide the students with an opportunity to discuss the topics in person.

Topics covered include:

  • Collection and summary of data
  • Sampling and probability
  • Estimation and confidence intervals
  • Comparing groups and sample size calculations
  • Contingency tables
  • Correlation and regression
  • Reliability and validity
  • Hypothesis testing

Aims

The unit aims to produce students who are competent in the data collection, simple analysis and interpretation of clinical or clinically-related research projects. The latter may include medical education, public health and basic-science areas such as genetics, microbiology or biomaterials.

Assessment methods

Method Weight
Written assignment (inc essay) 100%

Feedback methods

Feedback given within the required timeframes, onto students' submitted assignments, directly via Blackboard.

Study hours

Independent study hours
Independent study 150

Teaching staff

Staff member Role
Ting-Li Su Unit coordinator

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