Survey, Qualitative & Mixed Methods
Seminars & Workshops
An Overview of Survey Design
After completing this lecture, you will be able to:
- Define the purpose of a survey
- Determine the population to survey
- Explain best practices in survey design
- Identify survey questions to ask to gather relevant data
- Determine how to deliver a survey.
Taught by: Susan Koch-Weser, ScD.
Seminars & Workshops
Applying Mixed Methods Effectively
After completing this lecture, you will be able to:
- Summarize the study design used in a mixed methods research study
- Explain the rationale for using a mixedmethods approach
- Identify the tools employed in a mixed methods research study
- Describe the analytic approach of a mixed methods research study.
Taught by Justeen Hyde, PhD, and Tom Mackie, PhD, MPH, MA
Seminars & Workshops
Designing a Mixed Methods Study
After completing this lecture, you will be able to:
- Describe how a combination of qualitative and quantitative methods can contribute to answering research questions
- Identify ways to combine quantitative and qualitative data to address research questions using a case-based example
- Describe the benefits and challenges of using mixed methods.
Taught by Justeen Hyde, PhD, and Tom Mackie, PhD, MPH, MA
Seminars & Workshops
Introduction to Mixed Methods
After completing this lecture, you will be able to:
- Determine which sessions in this seminar series will be helpful to you
- Identify potential opportunities for mixed methods approaches in health services research.
Taught by Tom Mackie, PhD, MPH, MA
Seminars & Workshops
Item Response Theory
By the end of this seminar, participants will be able to:
- Identify the major differences between classical and modern psychometric methods
- Understand the process of developing and evaluating a PRO item bank using modern IRT methods
- Describe how item banks are used in computerized adaptive testing (CAT)
- Discuss how information from item banks can be helpful in constructing new fixed-length PRO surveys.
Taught by Barbara Gandek, PhD.
Seminars & Workshops
Mixed Methods Approaches for Health Services Research: An Introduction
After completing this lecture, you will be able to:
- Explain the differences between qualitative and quantitative research
- Describe the rationale for qualitative and quantitative approach
- List the strengths and limitations of qualitative research methods
- Identify ways qualitative research is effectively used in clinical and basic science research
- Discuss the elements of a high-quality qualitative research study
- Outline examples of current funding and publication avenues for mixed methods research.
Taught by Justeen Hyde, PhD and Tom Mackie, PhD, MPH, MA
Seminars & Workshops
The Qualitative Research Process: Study Designs for Health Services Research
After completing this lecture, you will be able to:
- Identify core components of a qualitative study design, including the importance of a primary research question and approach to the study
- Determine the appropriate methods (one-on-one interviews, focus groups, and participant observations) to use in a health services research study
- Discuss the strengths and challenges in applying qualitative research methods to health-related research questions through case-based examples.
Taught by Justeen Hyde, PhD, and Tom Mackie, PhD, MPH, MA