Unit details

APHB4003 Research Design and Analysis Part 2

Credit

6 points

Offering
(see Timetable)

Availability	Location	Mode
Semester 1	UWA (Perth)	Face to face
Semester 2	UWA (Perth)	Face to face

Details for undergraduate courses

• Honours core unit in Anatomy and Human Biology; Neuroscience; Physiology [Bachelor of Science (Honours)]

Content

This unit is taken over two successive semesters and parts 1 and 2 must be completed to fulfill the requirements of the unit. Students can commence the unit in either semester 1 or semester 2.

Part 1 consists of an induction process which contains lectures and demonstrations relating to safety procedures and responsibilities in the use of laboratories, special equipment and chemicals, in field work and in interactions with the public. Instruction is provided in issues relating to human and animal ethics, confidentiality and other legal requirements governing research, and in intellectual property. A series of workshops are conducted on the design and formulation of the research question and statistical analysis of scientific data. Participation in research group meetings further contributes to project design and analysis. Students submit a short project plan followed by a proposal seminar detailing the experimental question, design, methods and data analysis presented by students to the School.

Part 2 comprises modules on advanced data analysis techniques used in the biological sciences. Students complete specific data analysis modules and statistical modules relevant to their research projects. Students receive specific data analysis and presentation modules including: (1) Data management and safety; (2) Graphpad Prism data analysis and graphical presentation; (3) SPSS statistical software.

Outcomes

Students are able to (1) obtain appropriate certifications for working with animals, radioactive materials, electron microscopy, micro-organisms, field work, etc.; (2) understand and follow procedures required for safe operation; (3) rigorously formulate research questions and appropriately design experiment(s) to address it; (4) understand and apply statistical analysis techniques; and (5) describe advanced data analysis techniques relevant to their field of study and the application of these techniques.

Assessment

Indicative assessments in this unit are as follows: (1) project plan; (2) proposal seminar; (3) statistics and data analysis modules; and (4) supervisors assessment. Further information is available in the unit outline.

For units commencing in May 2022 or later the availability of the supplementary assessment is subject to confirmation.

Student may be offered supplementary assessment in this unit if they meet the eligibility criteria.

Except where supplementary assessment is not available in a unit, it will be offered to students in all units who:

• Are in good academic standing overall;
• Have passed over half the units taken in the teaching period concerned, except where they are only enrolled in two or less units in the period;
• Have submitted all assessment items in the unit;
• Have achieved a mark between 45 and 49 for the unit overall, or the same mark in any failed component item in the unit; and
• No finding of academic misconduct has been made against them in the unit concerned.

Additionally student may apply for supplementary assessment in any unit which is the final unit required for graduation in there course and where they have achieved a mark between 45 and 49 for the unit overall, or the same mark in any failed component item in the unit.

Unit Coordinator(s)

Dr Jeremy Smith and Associate Professor Tony Bakker

Unit rules

Prerequisites:

Enrolment in BH004 Bachelor of Science (Honours) or BH005 Bachelor of Philosophy (Honours) or 53510 Master of Anatomical Sciences or 51300 Graduate Diploma in Anatomical Sciences or HON-PHYGY Physiology or HON-NEURS Neuroscience or HON-ANHBY Anatomy and Human Biology

Co-requisites:

Successful completion of Or Enrolment in One Unit(s) APHB4008 Scientific Communication Part 2 (ID 4955) And Successful completion of Or Enrolment in One Unit(s) APHB5516 Honours Dissertation Part 3 Or Unit(s) APHB5517 Honours Dissertation Part 4 And Successful completion of Or Enrolment in One Unit(s) NEUR5516 Neuroscience Honours Dissertation Part 3 Or Unit(s) NEUR5517 Neuroscience Honours Dissertation Part 4

Advisable prior study:

Students are expected to have an undergraduate major in the field of biomedical or health sciences. Students without this background should contact the unit coordinator before enrolling.

Incompatibility:

Nil

Contact hours

seminars: 1 hour per week; workshops/tutorials: 2–4 hours per week each