Quantitative Methods

Student Learning Outcomes, Goals, Objectives:

Students successfully completing this course will be able to:

• Define core statistical concepts in descriptive statistics (e.g., frequencies, percentages, and proportions) and inferential statistics (e.g., hypothesis testing)
• Explain the use of quantitative methods in public health (e.g., surveillance, causality/etiology, and evaluation) to identify determinants of health and health inequities
• Apply appropriate quantitative methods to respond to specific research/evaluation questions using descriptive statistics and inferential statistics
• Analyze quantitative data using statistics
• Interpret results of quantitative data analysis for public health research
• Describe audience-appropriate communication strategies for research results

Course Grading Information:

Activity/Performance Measure	Percentage/Points
Attendance and In-Class Participation	10%
Midterm Exam	25%
Assignments / Quizzes	30%
Final Exam and Presentation	35%

Grading Scale:

Percentage	Letter Grade
93 - 100	A
90 - 92	A-
87 - 89	B+
83 - 86	B
80 - 82	B-
77 - 79	C+
73 - 76	C
70 - 72	C-
67 - 69	D+
63 - 66	D
60 - 62	D-
59 or less	F

Attendance/Participation:

This class will be held in-person with occasional online session. For in-person classes, attendance will be collected to factor into the course grade. Student will participate in in-class via class discussions, problem solving activities. Attendance and in-class participation will be worth 10% of the final grade. Missed class will result in point loss for the attendance and in-class participation weighted category. Each class will be worth 100 points where attendance and/or participation will be recorded.

Course Materials Purchased by the Students:

Mikyo, D. & Pyrczak, F. Making Sense of Statistics: A Conceptual Overview. 8th Edition. (Hardcover, Softcover, Digital); ISBN: 978-1-032-28962-5 (hbk); ISBN: 978-1-032-28964-9 (pbk); ISBN: 978-1-003-29935-6 (ebk)