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Nov 28, 2024
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MPH 224 - Public Health Survey Research
Semester Hours: 3
Fall, Summer
This course will focus on methodological issues regarding the design, implementation and analysis of surveys and questionnaires in public health research. Various types of self-report data will be discussed, including knowledge, attitudes, behaviors, and patient-reported outcomes. Design issues will include wording of items and response scales, sampling, timing of assessments, and respondent and staff burden. Implementation issues will include formatting and layout, methods of administration (paper-and-pencil, interviews, computer-based), interviewer training and participant recruitment. Analysis issues will include psychometric measurement properties (scoring, reliability, validity), cross-sectional and longitudinal analytic models and techniques and missing data. This course will emphasize hands-on experience in the design, administration, analysis and interpretation of survey data from public health research studies.
Prerequisite(s)/Course Notes:
(Formerly MPH 280A, Special Topics: Public Health Survey Research.)
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