Research in college health. 3: Representative designs and their challenges.
This article explores three research designs common to college health investigations: survey, epidemiologic, and experimental. It identifies the varieties of research questions addressed by these designs and notes examples from clinical nursing/medicine, mental health, and health education topics. In addition, it summarizes the unique challenges encountered in each of these designs, including issues of sample selection, adequate measurement, and control.
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SUNY Health Science Center at Syracuse.
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D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006293:Health Promotion; D006306:Health Surveys; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011634:Public Health; D012107:Research Design; D013333:Student Health Services; D013334:Students; D014481:United States; D014495:Universities