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Jul 31, 2025
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2023-2026 Academic Catalog
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MPH 6120 - Survey Design
This course is an overview of the questionnaires and surveys design process with a Public Health focus. In this course the students would get knowledge, understanding the methodology of questionnaires and survey research. The class content addresses the selection, development, and analysis of various types of instruments and procedures for collecting research data in the public health and epidemiological scenario. This program considers practical aspects in the construction of questionnaires including determining questionnaire content, selection of item types and wording of items, selection of an administration method and locating existing questionnaires. The course has a quantitative focus and is oriented toward public health and epidemiological research.
This course addresses four major topics:
- Concepts and strategies for designing, developing, and accessing public health and epidemiological survey questionnaires.
- Formatting, wording, coding, and ordering questions and evaluation of the items and instrument.
- Design issues for diverse modes of survey data collection.
- Designing items and questions to measure and evaluate various key groups of variables.
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