Couple and Family Research in Healthcare

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The purpose of the course is to provide advanced graduate students with foundational knowledge and key resources for designing and implementing research projects within social and clinical science contexts. The course will emphasize the process of conceptualizing a research question, selecting and designing appropriate research protocols (e.g. experimental, observational, qualitative, etc.), and starting a research project (e.g., IRB application, measurement selection, ethical considerations, etc.). The course will have three major sections: quantitative research designs (including survey research and experimental design), qualitative research designs (including focus groups, structured and unstructured interviews, and community based participatory research), and mixed methods designs (including observational and interaction coding).