Description
Populations can be compared in many ways, for example, changing world and national populations across time, or differences between social groups or across geographies within a population. ‘Comparing populations’ introduces techniques that allow comparison of demographic, health, and social indicators in populations with different age/sex patterns. This short-form micro-credential is aimed at population analysts, policymakers and specialists for the health and social care professions. Participants will have hands-on experience accessing and analysing population data.
Topics
- Estimating exposure-time
- Calculating age-specific measures
- Direct and indirect standardization techniques
- Basic decomposition methods
Learning outcomes
Upon successful completion, enrollee's will have the knowledge and skills to:
- Develop a comparative data analysis plan and have the ability to gather the appropriate data
- Understand demographic measurement of time and the estimation of age-specific measures
- Apply techniques that allow comparison of demographic indicators of population with different age/sex patterns
Indicative assessment
Take home report-assignment (LO: 1-3): To be delivered a week after the micro-credential. Enrollees will select their topic from a list of possible themes on comparing populations, provided the day of the course. The report will consist of no more than 1000 words including: title, introduction, data, results, and discussion. It is expected that enrollees include some of the calculations studied in the course.
Assumed knowledge
This micro-credential is taught at graduate level and assumes the generic skills of a Bachelors or equivalent.
Micro-credential stack information
This micro-credential is undertaken as a stand-alone course.
Details
Course Code: DATA04
Workload: 21 hours
- Contact hours: 7 hours
- Individual study and assessment: 14 hours
ANU unit value: 1 unit
AQF Level: 8
Contact: Brian Houle
This Micro-credential is taught at a graduate level. This is not an AQF qualification.
