Research Methods in Medical Rehabilitative

At the end of the course, students should be able to: 1. demonstrate understanding of research methodology; 2. explain the meaning of research, objectives of research, types of research & research approaches; 3. formulate research problem: Statement of research problem Statement of purpose and objectives of research problem; 4. define research problem; 5. formulate research design; 6. demonstrate meaning of research design; 7. explain the need for research design; 8. carry out sampling design, criteria for selecting sampling procedure; 9. conduct measurement & scaling techniques; 10. demonstrate measurement in research- measures of scales, sources of error in measurement; 11. demonstrate ability of carrying out methods of data collection, collection of primary data, sampling fundamentals, need for sampling; and 12. demonstrate ability of conducting analysis of data: Types of analysis, testing of hypothesis, and basic concept of research.

Introduction to Biostastistics 1. Definition – Statistics, Biostatistics 2. Applications of Biostatistics 3. Data collection from experiments & surveys. 4. Variable – Qualitative & Quantitative, Discrete and continuous. 5. Presentation of Data: - a) Tabular Presentation of Data – Statistical Table, Format of a Table. b) Frequency Distribution – construction of Frequency Distribution, cumulative and relative frequency distribution, Exclusive and inclusive method of classification of data. c) Diagrammatic Presentation of Data: - Bar diagrams, Pie Diagram, Line Diagram, Pictogram, Cartogram or Statistical map.d) Graphical representation of a Frequency distribution – Histogram, Frequency Polygon, Frequency curve, ogives or cumulative frequency curves. 500 Level