Advanced Research Design

Catalog description

A critical review of current practices in rehabilitation science research methodologies and the underlying theories that support them. Topics include: Effect size, power analysis, selection of research design to fit hypothesis, single subject designs, time series, clinical trials, ROC analysis, sensitivity and specificity considerations, psychometric properties and design of assessment tools, reliability and validity of measures. Emphasis on this course is on library science, critical reading of the literature, levels of research, and distillation of the research question.