The course is indispensable to prospective health and medical researchers. The course describes the basic research methodology. This includes the formulation of the research question, sampling and sample size, formulation of the questionnaire, and addressing the research question. It offers an elaborate review of data processing techniques. Statistical analyses include descriptive and analytic statistics. Univariate analysis, bivariate analysis, and an introduction to multivariate analysis are explained. It also presents details of data interpretation and generalization of findings. Finally, the course illustrates how researchers should write their research report. In addition, the foundations of epidemiology course will give an introduction of the Epidemiologic Approach to Disease. Demographic Studies: Morbidity and Mortality will be more elaborated while tackling the relevant type of Epidemiologic
Studies.