EMHPA Handbook 2022-2024

Module 4: Research Methodology
Module Size and Location
15 Ects, Rome – Vienna
Multidisciplinary components SSD ECTS
Bioengineering and informatics ING-INF/06 4
Medical statistics MED/01 2
General psychology M.PSI/01 2
Applied biology BIO/13 2
Methods and didactics of movement sciences M-EDF/01 5
Language L-LIN/02 0
Specific Condition (Rome location)
This module is entirely in English. The course is structured as an Intensive course with a
condensed blended teaching period of 3 weeks (in presence 1 face-to-face and online resources)
and a condensed e-learning, distance tutoring and individual study of 4 weeks, including
examination.
Teaching Period (Rome location)
Teaching period: 13 March – 31 March 2023.
e-learning, distance tutoring and individual study: 3 April – 28 April 2022 (including 4-day
Easter holydays).
Objectives of the modules
• Understand the ethical and philosophical implications in sport science and research
• Learn the principles of research methods and statistics for social sciences
• Learn the principles of research methods and statistics in sport sciences and health related
research
• Learn the research methods in descriptive and inferential statistics
• Learn the research methods in epidemiological research
Prerequisites
Basic knowledge of qualitative and quantitative statistics, philosophy of science.
Competences
When finalising the course the students will be able to:
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