ORTH 5001 - Data Analysis

1 credit hour

This course is designed to complement the Research Methodology course and will run concurrently with it. In the Methodology course, students will learn about the various types of research studies with the outcome of developing a proposal for a project. The Data Analysis course provides students with the tools to conduct and analyze this project. In a sense, Research Methodology will answer the question “what” and Data Analysis will provide the “how.”

Students will master the basics of statistical analyses as applied to the health sciences, including data presentation and summary measures, probability and probability distributions, measures of association, hypothesis testing, and modeling.

Using statistical software packages, students will gain hands-on experience in analyzing data and interpreting results. Emphasis will be placed on understanding the results of an analysis, rather than simply reporting statistical output.

By the end of this course, students will be able to specify the appropriate statistical analyses for their personal research project. They will also have the skills to be discerning consumers of scientific literature and be capable of applying data analytic skills to future research endeavors.