Mar 28, 2024  
2013-2014 Catalog 
    
2013-2014 Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

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PTP 720 - Research Methods and Stats in PT 1.


Admission to the PhD in Physical Therapy program. (4).

The course focuses on quantitative biostatistical concepts. Statistics include descriptive summary statistics (mean, median, and SD); techniques for testing hypotheses (z- and t-tests, chi-square tests, non-parametric methods, ANOVA, sampling and bivariate correlation and simple linear regression (survival analysis) and then moves on to a presentation of multiple regression techniques and the analysis of variance under the general linear model. It will focus on designs involving a quantitative dependent variable and independent variables of either a quantitative or categorical nature. Choice of technique and interpretation of results will be stressed more than mathematical development of the methods. The course includes a weekly laboratory session on computer data analysis using the SPSS for Windows statistical package. Graded ABCDE/Y.



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