Overview
Description
Designed to advanced students’ skill and knowledge of survey methodologies for addressing public health problems.
Requirements
Prerequisites
- A Master of Public Health or related degree
Original catalog text
Prerequisites
Prerequisite(s): A Master of Public Health or related degree.
Units
Lecture3
Catalog Details
Offering
Offered: Every Spring
Terms
spring
Attributes
Standard
Learning Outcomes
- develop original research hypotheses and research questions that will advance public health knowledge.
- evaluate, justify, and apply appropriate methodological and analytical approaches to address public health research questions.
- examine ethical principles pertaining to the collection, maintenance, use, and dissemination of public health data.
- effectively defend research methodology and findings through concise scientific writing and oral presentations.
- manage and analyze data using classic and modern approaches appropriate for various study designs using software packages such as SAS, R, STATA, SPlus, and WinBUGS.
- formulate appropriate sampling strategies.
- design and evaluate psychometric properties of health surveys.