MPH2037

Measurement in clinical research

(MED)

Dr R Buchbinder

6 points + 2 contact hours per week + Second semester + Alfred + Prerequisites: MPH1040 & MPH1041 or MPH1030 & MPH1031

Synopsis: Techniques for estimating the effects of intervention & other variables in clinical research. An overview of measures and issues in clinical research; sampling & inference; selecting items, reducing items & creating aggregate scores; inter-rater & intra-rater reliability; reliability & interval consistency of responses; assessing the validity of measures; responsiveness of measures to significant clinical change; strategies for gathering data; wording of questions & design of response categories; data entry & management & handling of missing data.

Assessment: Assignments + Oral presentation