Research Methods in Public Health

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This course provides a general introduction to research design, statistical reasoning, and interpretation of the medical literature and Public Health. Topics include protection of human subjects, the research question, research methods, issues of measurement, models of experimental and non-experimental designs, and an overview of parametric and on-parametric statistics. The topics provide a basis for understanding and interpreting the literature for use in evidence-based practice in Public Health. Students need to be enrolled in Master’s in Public Health program or other graduate degree program.