508344 - BIOSTATISTICS AND METHODOLOGY OF RESEARCH

The final examination is composed by written and oral test: the written test will be relative to the part of Biostatistics and the oral test for that of Research methodology in which the teaching activity is divided. The evaluation in both two tests is in 30th. Taking into account the proportion between the two different part of the program, written and oral test contribute to 67% and to 33% of the final grade out in thirtieths, respectively. In the written test using laptop, the student must demonstrate not only the ability to apply the most appropriate techniques of analysis (knowledge and skills), but to interpret the results obtained and communicate in a scientifically correct manner the output (competence). For students who have attended at least 75% of the lessons, the oral examination will be a project work assigned to groups (cooperation learning) at the end of the lessons. If a student prefers to work alone, she/he must inform the professor. The student will have to show that she/he has acquired both the adequate theoretical knowledge underlying the planning of a research protocol and the ability to write (knowledge and skills) and / or critically evaluate (competence) the research protocol assigned as project work (problem solving approach). For students who have not taken 75% of the lesson hours, the examination will always be oral and will cover the whole course programme. In both examinations, the assessment will take into account the ability to communicate and the use of an appropriate scientific language. Only if 18/30 is achieved in the written test, it will be possible to make the oral section. In accordance with Italian regulations, students with specific learning disability are entitled to the compensatory measures recommended by the SAISD Centre of Pavia University.