Universidade Nova de Lisboa

Universidade Nova de Lisboa

NOVA Medical School | Faculdade de Ciências Médicas

Data Collection Methods

Code

191010

Academic unit

Nova Medical school | Faculdade de Ciências Médicas

Credits

6

Teacher in charge

Prof. Doutor Pedro Simões Coelho

Teaching language

Portuguese or English

Objectives

·         Identify and differentiate the data collection methods;

·         Describe and understand the limitations and advantages of epidemiological studies;

·         Design an epidemiological study;

·         Identify the various sources of bias and confounding in epidemiological studies;

·         Understand and apply non probabilistic sampling methods;

·         Understand and apply probabilistic sampling methods;

·         Develop an appropriate sampling methodology for each situation;

·         Scaling samples;

·         Estimate population characteristics based on sample information;

·         Calculate accuracy measures for the estimations;

·         Know the main types of experimental designs.

Prerequisites

 

Subject matter

The curricular unit is organized in 5 sections:

·         Introduction to data collection;

·         Target population and survey base;

·         Types of epidemiological studies;

·         Non-probabilistic sample;

·         Probabilistic sampling;

·         Experimental designs.

Bibliography

·         Rondel, R. K., Varley, S. A., Webb, C. F. (200) Clinical Data Management, 2nd edition, Wiley.

·         Aaker, D., Kumar, V. e Day, G. (2001). Marketing Research. Wiley.

·         Cochran, W.C. Sampling Techniques. Wiley.

·         Hulley, S. B., Cummings, S. R., Browner, W. S., Grady, D. G., Newman, T. B. (2011). Designing Clinical Research, 4th edition, Lippincott Williams & Wilkins.

·         Coelho, P.S.; Pereira, L. Pinheiro, J.; Xufre, P. (2016) As Sondagens. Princípios, Metodologias e Aplicações. Escolar Editora.

Teaching method

The curricular unit is based on theoretical and practical classes, with content exposure (concepts, methodologies), presentation of case studies, methods discussion and problem-solving exercises.

Evaluation method

- Final Exam (60%)

- Project with discussion (40%)

The project is subject to the preparation and submission of a report and is discussed with the teacher. This project includes the design of a data collection methodology for a concrete clinical research problem.

To ensure approval it is necessary to achieve the minimum score of 9.5 in each of the evaluation components.

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