3 ECTS credits
75 h study time
Offer 1 with catalog number 1023768CNR for all students in the 1st semester at a (C) Bachelor - specialised level.
This course aims at providing insight into advanced statistics, measurement tools, and survey and observation research. After following this course, the student should be able to understand, perform, report and interpret advanced statistical analyses, to develop questionnaires, to develop and evaluate, and to analyze qualitative data.
Presence in the lectures (HOC) is not a requirement to be admitted to the exam.
OO-related OBJECTIVES:
• The student has insight into the basic concepts of advanced statistical techniques.
• The student understands advanced statistical techniques and can apply, report and interpret them (21st century skill).
• The student has insight into survey and observation research.
• The student is able to develop a questionnaire.
• The student is able to develop and evaluate a measuring instrument.
• The student is able to analyze qualitative data.
• The student is able to critically interpret the scientific literature (21st century skill)
In this course general research skills are further developed in order to independently analyse, interpret and report collected data in preparation of the masters thesis.
Students:
- are able to understand and critically analyse the methodology and statistics used in a research report in the research domain of revalidation sciences and physiotherapy.
- are able to describe and explain simple (chi-square, correlation, t-tests, ANOVA) and complex (multiple regression, 2-way ANOVA, ANCOVA, Repeated Measures ANOVA, factor analysis) quantitative statistical methods.
- are able to independently formulate research questions in the research domain of revalidation sciences and physiotherapy based on a complex data file.
- are able to select and apply the appropriate statistical technique to answer a research question in the research domain of revalidation sciences and physiotherapy.
- are able to interpret, evaluate and report the results of the statistical analyses and to answer research questions in the research domain of revalidation sciences and physiotherapy.
The final grade is composed based on the following categories:
Written Exam determines 50% of the final mark.
Practical Exam determines 50% of the final mark.
Within the Written Exam category, the following assignments need to be completed:
Within the Practical Exam category, the following assignments need to be completed:
The theoretical part (HOC) will be evaluated through a written exam on the course subject matter. Both knowledge of and insight into the subject matter are required. There is no possibility for an oral continuation after the written exam.
The practical part (WPO) will be evaluated through the processing of a complex datafile on the computer using SPSS, R or any other statistical software program. The results of the analyses have to be reported and interpreted in a written manner. There is no possibility for an oral continuation after the written exam.
[ATTENTION:] Absence upon one of the mandatory evaluation parts will result in an ‘absent’ grade code for the concerned exam period.
This offer is part of the following study plans:
Bachelor of Rehabilitation Sciences and Physiotherapy: default (only offered in Dutch)
Bachelor of Rehabilitation Sciences and Physiotherapy: Verkort traject na vooropleiding Bachelor Geneeskunde (only offered in Dutch)
Preparatory Programme Master of Science in Rehabilitation Sciences and Physiotherapy: Default track (only offered in Dutch)