Section outline

  • Lecture: Subjects and variables

    Target and accessibile populations; inclusion and exclusion criteria; balancing feasibility and generalizability; sampling; types of variables and measurements; and maximizing precision and accuracy.

    Faculty:  Beth Cohen
     
    Location:      HSW-302

    • Session Slides:

    • DCR Subjects Measurements 2018 File

    • Session Audio/Video Recording (Access restricted to registered students):

    • Watch URL
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    • 2016 Subjects and Variables lecture URL
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    • Required Reading:

      DCR-4 Chapter 3: Choosing the Study Subjects

      DCR-4 Chapter 4: Planning the Measurements

    • How do we know what we know? This is a 52 minute recorded lecture by Tom Newman URL
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    • Optional Reading: