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Health Statistics

Category: Department of Medical Engineering

Faculty: Faculty of Rehabilitative Sciences

Year of Study: 3

Semester: 1

Health Statistics Code: HCS 2111

Hours: 30

Credit: 3 3.1

Module competence

This module is intended to equip the learner with knowledge and skills which enable him/her apply statistical principles in health care services.

Module Outcomes By the end of this module the learner shall be able to:

1. Explain the history and application of statistics in health
2. Apply measures of central tendency in data analysis
3. Apply measures of dispersion in data analysis
4. Apply measures of relationships to show association in the research findings
5. Categorize data effectively
6. Apply various approaches in data analysis and presentation

Module Content:

Introduction to statistics: Definitions, history, characteristics of the various statistics, types and application of statistics; Scales of Measurement -Nominal, ordinal, interval and ratio scale.

Measures of Central Tendency – Calculation and interpretation of grouped and ungrouped data: mode, median, and mean.

Measures of dispersion -Range, interquartile range, semi inter-quartile range, Standard deviation and variance, Percentiles, Skewness. Measures of relationship; Correlation coefficients.

Statistical Data - Primary and secondary, Numerical and categorical, Grouped and ungrouped, Vital statistics, Calculation of demographic rates.

Data analysis and presentation; Introduction to computer data analysis, Manual data analysis, Data presentation

Introduction to Health Statistics

INTRODUCTION TO HEALTH STATISTICS.docx