Research Methods II: Evidence, Methods, and Decision Making in Population Health

Description from DukeHub

The course introduces critical concepts in research methods including understanding populations; measuring and describing health with limited or imperfect data; defining exposures, interventions, and outcomes; study design in applied settings; challenges to application; and working with stakeholders. The course work and activities aim to develop the student's ability to understand how to design, interpret, and critique population health assessments and interventions. The foundation for these topics and skills was set in 707.

Skills

• designdescription: "design" and 1 more
• research methodstitle: "research methods"

AI-resilient: 1 of 5 1/5

• No: Physical, lab or field work
• No: Live work with people
• ✓Yes: Judgment someone is accountable for · "decision"
• No: A craft you practice with your hands or body
• No: Small, in-person format

The checks lean on Microsoft Research, Working with AI (2025), which found generative AI applies least to physical work and hands-on work with people. A signal, not a promise. How the score works

More in POPHS

• Regression Methods for Population Health POPHS 702
• Introduction to Statistical Programming for Population Health Sciences II POPHS 704
• Introduction to the US Healthcare System POPHS 706
• Professional Development II POPHS 710
• Population Health Capstone POPHS 752
• Data for Population Health POPHS 816

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