Health Services Research (M.Sc., SM 2b)
The “Specialization Module 2b: Research Methods” includes:
a) a lecture (2 credits)
b) a seminar (2 credits)
c) a module exam in the form of a written exam (5 credits)
Lecture
The lecture “Methods of Descriptive and Inferential Statistics in Evaluation and Intervention Research” covers fundamental theoretical approaches and standards in empirical (qualitative and quantitative) evaluation and intervention research.
In addition to fundamental research standards, both experimental and non-experimental designs are examined.
During the lecture, students will become familiar with both univariate and multivariate topics and will be able to interpret them.
The following key areas are covered:
- Fundamentals of Evaluation and Intervention Research
- Data collection
- Data analysis
- Application
Specifically, this includes the following content:
- Design of evaluation and intervention studies
- Characteristics of quantitative and qualitative research strategies and their integration within the framework of evaluation and intervention research
- Research planning and study designs, with particular attention to the various stakeholders and calculation perspectives
- Selected quantitative data collection and analysis methods
- Selected qualitative data collection and analysis methods
- Selected descriptive methods in quantitative research
- Selected inferential statistical methods in quantitative research
- Application of descriptive and inferential statistical methods using tables, and independent performance of statistical calculations and interpretation of results
- Basic research
- Intervention research
- Evaluation research
Seminar
In the seminar “Introduction to SPSS for Descriptive and Inferential Statistical Methods,” students gain insight into the statistical software SPSS and learn to apply descriptive and inferential statistical methods in SPSS and interpret them accurately.
This covers the following areas in particular:
1) Preparing the dataset:
- Program installation
- Data entry
- Reversing/recoding items
- Calculation of variables
2) Data analysis in SPSS:
- Descriptive analysis of the dataset
- Relationships (correlations)
- Various inferential statistical tests
Module contents
1) Fundamentals of evaluation and intervention research
- Design of evaluation and intervention studies
- Characteristics of quantitative and qualitative research strategies and their integration within the framework of evaluation and intervention research
- Research planning and study designs, with particular attention to the various stakeholders and calculation perspectives
2) Data collection
- Selected quantitative data collection and analysis methods
- Selected qualitative data collection and analysis methods
3) Data preparation
- Entering and preparing small datasets in SPSS
4) Data analysis
- Selected descriptive methods of quantitative research
- Selected inferential statistical methods in quantitative research
- Application of descriptive and inferential statistical methods using tables, and independent performance of statistical calculations and interpretation of results
- Independent application of descriptive and inferential statistical methods in quantitative research using SPSS
5) Presentation of Results
- Graphical presentation of descriptive and inferential statistical results of quantitative research using SPSS
Module objectives and competencies to be acquired according to the module handbook
After participating in the module sessions, students will be able to …
- to describe and explain fundamental theoretical approaches and standards of empirical (qualitative and quantitative) evaluation and intervention research.
- to identify basic experimental and non-experimental designs in evaluation and intervention research.
- classify basic qualitative and quantitative data collection and analysis methods in the field of evaluation and intervention research.
- combine quantitative and qualitative data collection and analysis methods (triangulation).
- Plan, evaluate, and conduct studies in the field of evaluation and intervention research.
- Outline the purpose of important descriptive and exploratory methods of quantitative data analysis as well as relevant parametric and non-parametric methods of inferential statistics.
- Use basic methods of multivariate statistics.
- Apply the statistical analysis software SPSS in the context of data preparation, data analysis, and presentation of results.
Semester Schedule
All courses in the module are offered in the winter semester and (in addition to the requirements specified in the module handbook) are currently also offered in the summer semester.
Module Exam
The module exam is offered twice per semester (once toward the end of the lecture period or at the beginning of the break, and once toward the end of the break).
Exam Registration: Registration via KLIPS 2.0 is mandatory for every module exam. Students must register for the module exam in KLIPS 2.0 no later than six weeks before the exam date. Without a valid exam registration, students are not eligible to take the exam. Students who have not properly registered for the exam via KLIPS 2.0 are not entitled to take the exam. Registrations submitted after the deadlines may only be accepted by the relevant examination offices in approved exceptional cases for a valid reason.
Exam Withdrawal: Students may withdraw from the exam no later than two weeks before the respective exam date without providing a reason. Withdrawals outside the deadlines may only be processed by the relevant examination offices in approved exceptional cases for a valid reason.
Contact Persons
If you are already attending one of our courses, the respective instructor is of course available as your primary contact. Otherwise, please feel free to contact Dr. Matthias Krepf with questions regarding course content and Dipl.-Jur. Stefanie Ström with organizational questions.
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Raum
201
Aachener Straße 197-199
50931 Köln (Besuchsadresse)
Brieffach
9
Adresse
Frangenheimstr. 4
50931 Köln
Sprechstunde
nach Vereinbarung