To give the students a working knowledge of questionnaire design, data entry, handling of bias in the process of data management and presentation of cross-sectional data sets in tables and graphs.
Contents
• Questionnaire design • Data collection • Data entry and cleaning • Software for data analysis • Presentation of data in tables and graphs • Reporting the results • Quality control in data collection and management
Further information on prerequisites and recommendations
Attendance is open for all university of Tampere students but limited to 24 students. If more students wish to take the course, preference is given to degree students in health sciences and others will be accepted in the order of registration. the course will be cancelled if less than 8 students register to participate in it.
Teaching methods
Teaching method
Contact
Online
Seminar
13 h
0 h
Exercises
107 h
0 h
Teaching language
English
Modes of study
Evaluation
and evaluation criteria
Pass/fail.
Active participation in seminars, completion of the practical assignment.