IHS 6300 - Designing and Conducting Health and Human Services Research

Students learn to formulate and focus research questions, select a research design to answer the questions, collect data or identify a data source, and develop a plan for analyzing and evaluating different types of data. Topics included in this course include commonly used experimental and quasi-experimental research designs and threats to internal and external validity of research results. Ethical issues in designing, conducting and reporting of research findings are also discussed, along with issues of multiculturalism and interdisciplinary approaches used in research design.

Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisite: Admission to the Ph.D. in Interdisciplinary Health Sciences or instructor approval.

Credits: 3 hours

Notes: Open to graduate students only.