HBHEQ620: Behavioral Research Methods in Public Health
Graduate level
Both Residential and Online MPH
This is a second year course for Online students
Fall term(s) for residential students; Fall term(s) for online MPH students;
3 credit hour(s) for residential students; 3 credit hour(s) for online MPH students;
Instructor(s): Staff (Residential); Marc Zimmerman (Online MPH);
Offered every year
Prerequisites: None
Description: Principles of design of behavioral research on public health problems and programs. Objectives, philosophy, and methods of science including causal inference, the role of hypotheses, criteria for establishing adequate hypotheses, research designs and data collection techniques. Formulation of a research problem within a program setting.
