This course provides an overview of quantitative research methods, focusing on approaches central to undertaking quantitative health services and policy research studies. The intent is to familiarize students interested in conducting quantitative research with key concepts, tools and ideas that can support them in assessing the quality of existing studies, developing their own research proposals, and ultimately conducting more rigorous research.
Areas of emphasis related to methodology include: concepts of association and causality; developing research questions; approaches to measurement, including reliability and validity; common data sources used in health services research; sources of bias; a comprehensive overview of observational study design.
Students will learn to develop and enhance designs for research proposals, and critically examine research proposals, and published health research. The course is intended for doctoral- and masters-level graduate students in health research and related fields. It is designed to be complementary to departmental courses in epidemiology, measurement principles, program evaluation, administrative data analysis and economic evaluation.
The learning objectives of this course are
1. Gain an understanding of observational research methods typically used in health research by becoming familiar with prevailing threats to validity and common research designs and approaches.
2. Understand issues of internal and external validity in observational studies.
3. Understand concepts of measurement reliability and validity.
4. Demonstrate an ability to thoughtfully apply the concepts in order to critique published research and research proposals, as well as to develop a cohesive research proposal as a final project.
Areas of emphasis related to methodology include: concepts of association and causality; developing research questions; approaches to measurement, including reliability and validity; common data sources used in health services research; sources of bias; a comprehensive overview of observational study design.
Students will learn to develop and enhance designs for research proposals, and critically examine research proposals, and published health research. The course is intended for doctoral- and masters-level graduate students in health research and related fields. It is designed to be complementary to departmental courses in epidemiology, measurement principles, program evaluation, administrative data analysis and economic evaluation.
The learning objectives of this course are
1. Gain an understanding of observational research methods typically used in health research by becoming familiar with prevailing threats to validity and common research designs and approaches.
2. Understand issues of internal and external validity in observational studies.
3. Understand concepts of measurement reliability and validity.
4. Demonstrate an ability to thoughtfully apply the concepts in order to critique published research and research proposals, as well as to develop a cohesive research proposal as a final project.
- Teacher: Kenesh Dzhusupov