Course Description
Research methods (research process, scales of measurement, accuracy of data, validity and reliability, research design (objective, literature review, sampling, types of design), clinical trial design (controlled multi-centered studies, random allocation (randomization), study types, blindness, placebo effect, retrospective and case studies, data collection forms), individual variation, biostatistics (statistical terminology, errors of sampling, probability concepts, distribution of random variables, non-parametric methods, validity of results, analysis of variance and tests for significance, choice of proper tests for significance, statistical methods applied to biological assays and proper experimental design), introduction to SPSS and other statistics computer programs, and scientific writing. During the course of study the students are divided in groups and each group is assigned a topic to develop a research proposal and defend it.
Course ID: CLPH 411
| Credit hours | Theory | Practical | Laboratory | Lecture | Studio | Contact hours | Pre-requisite | 2 | 2 | 0.00 | 2 | - |
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