Research in the Health Professions

Catalog description

In this course, you will study the basic methods used in health science research and learn how to interpret the findings from this research. You will be introduced to the scientific method, research ethics using human subjects, causation theory, hypothesis formation, measurement theory, quantitative and qualitative research methods, evaluation research and descriptive statistics. This course will be writing intensive and include a variety of class activities to help develop your methodological skills: critiquing research articles, using the World Wide Web, analyzing social data, writing, discussions, and working on a research project. This course fulfills the writing across the curriculum (WAC) graduation requirement. As such, writing assignments are a major component of the course grade. The pre-requisite of MTH 100 or PSY 250 is required.