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Measurement in Health & Disease - HEA00028M

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  • Department: Health Sciences
  • Credit value: 10 credits
  • Credit level: M
  • Academic year of delivery: 2022-23

Module will run

Occurrence Teaching period
C Summer Term 2022-23

Module aims

This online module will convey the statistical principles behind health related measurements and their application in scientific research, including the critical appraisal of relevant publications.

Module learning outcomes

At the end of the module, students will be able to:

  1. Understand the theory and application of variation arising from health related measurements within and between individuals.
  2. Understand and interpret measurement statistics for different types of data, agreement between measurements and prediction of health outcomes based on measurements.
  3. Understand the construction and evaluation of composite measurement scales.

Module content

Please note that this is a distance learning module with all materials and tutorials delivered online. Tutors will be available for support throughout the module. You will be required to be available on the specified date for the assessment.  

Sessions will cover:

  • Measurement Error
  • Observer Variation
  • Limits of Agreement
  • Agreement using Cohen’s Kappa
  • Composite Scales and Scores
  • Diagnostic Tests
  • Validity of measurement instruments

Indicative assessment

Task % of module mark
Online Exam - 24 hrs (Centrally scheduled) 100

Special assessment rules

None

Indicative reassessment

Task % of module mark
Online Exam - 24 hrs (Centrally scheduled) 100

Module feedback

Students are provided with collective exam feedback relating to their cohort, within the timescale specified in the programme handbook.

Indicative reading

  • Streiner, D.L. and Norman, G.R. (2003). Health measurement scales: a practical guide to their development and use. 3rd edn. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
  • Bland, M. (2015). An Introduction to Medical Statistics. Oxford University Press.


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