ADVANCED METHODS COURSES

The following advanced methods courses (700 level) are available for all HRS students to take, however, these courses are tailored to meet the needs of PhD students in the HRS program. A student may be required to take one or more of these courses depending on their field and/or based on recommendations of their advisory committee.

HS 9707a – Linear Regression for Health & Rehabilitation Sciences (formerly HS 9600)

This course is an introduction to linear regression for health sciences, examining simple regression, multiple regression, the use of categorical independent variables, and the fitting of interaction terms. Although formulas are given and calculations are presented, the principal orientation of the course is conceptual rather than mathematical.

0.5 credit course
Course Manager & Instructor: Dr. Chris Lee
Course Scheduled: Fall Term, Thursdays, 1:30pm - 3:30pm, Room 1590, Elborn College

HS 9707 Course Outline 2012 - 2013

Please note: HS9601 is recommended as a precursor to this course

HS9708 – Advanced Topics in Qualitative Research

This course will give learners the opportunity to learn how to rigorously and systematically analyse qualitative data in the form of interview transcripts from a study on women's experience of aging and osteoporosis. The course will begin with a review of the three key qualitative approaches or research designs used in the health sciences (grounded theory, qualitative case study and phenomenology). Next, we will highlight how the approaches are shaped by specific research paradigms (post-positivism, interpretivism/constructivism or critical theory).

A key concept for this course is that by combining a qualitative approach with a paradigm will produce nine sub-approaches, each with its own guidelines on what constitutes an appropriate research questions, how to identify and select data sources and types, determining sample size, analyzing/interpreting data and presenting findings. Learners will be expected to select one qualitative sub-approach as the framework for their work in this course. To assist learners carry out their analysis projects, we will use the Qualitative Decision Points Matrix© to guide the research decisions they make.

By the end of the course, learners will have designed and completed a rigorous and systematic secondary data analysis project and present their work orally and in writing. The grading format consists of observable contributions to group learning (15%), two papers (60%) and an oral presentation (25%).
Note: Not offered 2012 - 2013

Please note: HS9602 is recommended as a precursor to this course

HS 9709b – ANOVA-based Methods of Data Analysis

This course will explore ANOVA based methods of data analysis, including t test, ANOVA, ANCOVA, Split-plot ANOVA, Factorial ANOVA, and MANOVA.

0.5 credit course
Course Manager & Instructor: Dr. Andrew Johnson
Course Scheduled: Winter Term, Tuesdays, 10:00am - 1:00pm, Room 14 (Lab), Health Sciences Building (*Midterm and Final Exams will be held in 1547, Elborn College on February 12th and April 16th)

HS 9709 Course Outline 2012 - 2013

Please note: HS9601 is recommended as a precursor to this course

HS 9730b – Philosophical Foundations of Qualitative Research

This course provides an introduction to philosophical foundations of qualitative research with a particular focus on interpretive and critical paradigms of inquiry. Assumptions about what constitutes knowledge (epistemology), the nature of existence (ontology), and means for gaining knowledge (methodology) within different knowledge paradigms are considered. Students examine philosophical and theoretical perspectives that underpin various schools to qualitative inquiry and identify perspectives relevant to the coherent and rigorous design of research. Within this course, students explore perspectives that relate to their own research interests; expand their familiarity with the specialized terminology adopted in qualitative research; consider approaches to representing, writing and publishing qualitative research; and investigate implications for the design and evaluation of qualitative research in health and social care. This course is highly recommended for doctoral level students completing a qualitative research dissertation, and is open to highly motivated Masters level students wishing to deepen their research knowledge.

0.5 credit course
Course Manager & Instructor: Dr. Anne Kinsella
Course Scheduled: Winter Term, Thursdays, 9:30am - 12:30pm, Room 2525, Elborn College

HS 9730 Course Outline 2012 - 2013

Please note: HS9602 is recommended as a precursor to this course