Handbook

This course deals with the foundational knowledge about scientific research methods and statistics in scientific professional practice. It aims to enable science professionals to develop systematic, critical and analytical scientific thinking to engage with research and draw on the research literature to inform their practice. You will learn to perform basic statistical analysis procedures, draw defensible conclusions and assess the validity of conclusions based on statistical analysis of experimental data. You will be able to develop your critical thinking through examining the design and execution of experiments, critiquing the analysis and interpretation of results, scrutinising and evaluating published research, and discriminating between evidence-based information and pseudoscience.