Course:FNH398/Schedule

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WEEK KEY TOPICS/ACTIVITIES READINGS
1 Introduction and course overview Chapter 1; (Blumberg, Heaney et al. 2010)
2 Overview of research design and the language of research Chapter 7; (Porter and Matel 1998)
2 Types of variables; sample and population; criteria for causation

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(Potischman and Weed 1999)
3 Tools for searching the literature

Katherine Miller, Reference Librarian Woodward Library, UBC

Chapter 31; (Gray and Gray 2002)
3 Ethics

Assignment #1 due today: Completion of Tri-Council Tutorial (submitted through VISTA and hard copy in class)

Chapter 3; (Nestle 2001)
4 Animal models

Elizabeth Novak

(Baker 2008)
4 Sampling and generalizability

Online Quiz #1 available TODAY on Vista

Chapter 8
5 Levels of measurement; introduction to reliability and validity

Assignment #2 due today: Searching the Scientific Literature

Chapter 4 & 5; (Burrows, Martin et al 2010)
5 Reliability and validity continued

Jovana Kovacevic: Insights about validity from the food microbiology lab

Chapter 6; (Guenther, Reedy et al. 2008)
6 Statistics refresher: measures of central tendency and variability; normal curve; descriptive statistics Chapter 17
6 Inferential statistics. Central Limit Theory; tests of significance; P-Values, T-tests, multiple and linear regression, sample size estimates, ANOVA, Type 1 and 2 errors Chapter 18
7 Inferential statistics continued

Online Quiz #2 available TODAY on Vista

Chapter 18; (recommended additional readings: 19-25)
7 Practice-Based Evidence in Nutrition

Tamar Kafka

Review PEN website: http://www.pennutrition.c om/aboutpen.aspx
8 Introduction to surveys and descriptive research Chapter 15
8 MIDTERM EXAM
9 Surveys and descriptive research continued Chapter 15; (Bedford and Barr 2005)
9 Research designs: Epidemiological studies (cohort; case control) Chapter 13; (Bruemmer, Harris et al. 2009)
10 Epidemiological studies continued Chapter 13
10 Epidemiological studies continued Chapter 28 (pg 659-671); (Kim, Lim et al. 2009)
11 Epidemiological studies continued (Cho, Chen et al. 2006)
11 Research designs: Experiments and randomized controlled trials Chapter 9 (pg 174-185)
12 Experiments and randomized trials continued

Quiz #3 available TODAY on Vista

(McMahon, Green et al. 2006)
12 Qualitative Research Chapter 14 (pg 306-312); (Harris, Gleason et al. 2009)
13 Meta-analyses; systematic reviews; levels of evidence (Autier and Gandini 2007; Moher and Tricco 2008)
13 Hot topics in human nutrition research; Knowledge translation and discussion of contemporary nutrition research; review.

Raja Elango

Assignment #3 due today: Quality Criteria Checklist Assignment

(Akobeng 2005)