The Analysis of public health data course is designed to equip students with the knowledge and skills to analyse epidemiological data in the field.

By the end of the course students will:

• Demonstrate an understanding of the context in which public health data is collected, the method of collection and its limitations.
• Understand the role of data management and cleaning in analysing datasets.
• Use Excel and STATA statistical software to produce charts and tables and to perform a range of descriptive and analytical statistical analyses.
• Demonstrate an understanding of when and why regression is used in biostatistics.
• Interpret and communicate results from a variety of statistical analyses.

In-class assessment 20%

Assignment 80%

Attendance and participation at a four day intensive program (approx 32 hours) plus additional time spent on pre-reading, self-directed study and completing the assessment requirements as per a 6-unit course load.

Permission from program convener required.

Assumed Knowledge:  Students enrolled in this course are required a completion of undergraduate degree and Masters level courses on Epidemiology and Biostatistics from a recognised School of Public Health (either in Australia or internationally), or completion of Fundamentals of Epidemiology and Fundamentals of Biostatistics short courses held at the ANU.

Recommended courses:

• POPH8317 Public Health Surveillance
• POPH8316 Outbreak Investigation
• POPH8315 Methods in Applied Epidemiological Research

Betty Kirkwood & Jonathon Stern. Essential Medical Statistics. 2^nd Edition. Blackwell Science, Oxford 2003. ISBN: 0-86542-871-9

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