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Organization, Regulations, and Courses 2022-23


PH 207 Inferential Methods and Measures

The Methods & Measures (M&M) course uses a weekly “determinant of health” theme to introduce a range of study designs and measures commonly used to explore behavioral, environmental, socioeconomic, and healthcare-related questions.  The 4-week course covers observational and interventional designs – from cross-sectional surveys to randomized trials -- and explores the calculation and interpretation of key measures in health fields – from dichotomous measures of events to continuous measures of laboratory results. Through repeated application to different designs each week, students hone skills for critically appraising the methods, measures, findings and conclusions of published examples, and gain appreciation for how each design and measure impacts the validity of causal inferences. The M&M course prepares students for future study of epidemiology and biostatistics, while reinforcing preceding content from PH 205 Determinants of Health and Inequities.

0.50 Dartmouth units; (HP, P, LP, NC)

Required for Online MPH

Instructor

Robin Larson and Brittany Comunale

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