IHS 6300 - Designing and Conducting Health and Human Services Research

Provides students who are beginning to plan their dissertation research an opportunity to learn about formulating and focusing research questions, collecting and managing data, and analyzing and evaluating data. Topics included in this course include commonly used research designs, threats to internal and external validity of research results, and scaling of data. Ethical issues in designing, conducting and reporting of research findings will also be discussed, along with issues of multiculturalism 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.