title: Research in college health. 3: Representative designs and their challenges.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: SUNY Health Science Center at Syracuse.
authors.forename: B N
authors.initials: BN
authors.lastname: Steenberger
authors.forename: R A
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Manchester
mesh_terms: 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