MEASUREMENT IN HEALTH RESEARCH

Prerequisites & course information

Requisites: Graduate/professional standing Course Designation: Grad 50% - Counts toward 50% graduate coursework requirement Repeatable for Credit: No Last Taught: Spring 2025 Learning Outcomes: 1. Explore theories of measurement and scaling and their application to instrument development. Audience: Graduate 2. Identify and define the various properties of measurement tools in science and critique their application. Audience: Graduate 3. Demonstrate skill in testing various forms of reliability of health research instruments. Audience: Graduate 4. Demonstrate skill in testing various forms of validity of health research instruments. Audience: Graduate 5. Demonstrate skill in evaluating health research instruments for practical feasibility, appropriateness for intended populations, generalizability, and sensitivity in detecting differences among groups or change over time. Audience: Graduate Learning Outcomes: 1. Explore theories of measurement and scaling and their application to instrument development. Audience: Graduate 2. Identify and define the various properties of measurement tools in science and critique their application. Audience: Graduate 3. Demonstrate skill in testing various forms of reliability of health research instruments. Audience: Graduate 4. Demonstrate skill in testing various forms of validity of health research instruments. Audience: Graduate 5. Demonstrate skill in evaluating health research instruments for practical feasibility, appropriateness for intended populations, generalizability, and sensitivity in detecting differences among groups or change over time. Audience: Graduate