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SPCH12001 Introduction to Research

Course details

This course introduces students to clinical research in speech pathology and presents an overview of the research process and main types of research design and methodologies. Students will evaluate claims associated with pseudoscientific approaches to treatment brought to clinicians by overwhelmed clients. The course focuses on describing data and simple measurement, including sampling, descriptive statistics, measures of central tendency and dispersion (variation); standard deviation; normal distribution; standard scores; validity & reliability of measurement. A major purpose for this focus is that students will be able to understand and use formal tests of speech and language.


Course at a glance
Career: Undergraduate
Credit points: 6
Requisites: Prerequisites:- MEDI11004, ALLH11004, HLTH11029 and PSYC11009 and corequisites SPCH12002, SPCH12004 and SPCH12006
Student Contribution Band: 2
EFTSL: 0.12500
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Course availability
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2013 Term One ROK
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