Research Methods
HSPA students must take three classes in research methods: two in statistical methods and one in research design. Most students choose to take more than this minimum, given the importance of empirical research in the HSPA field and the increasing sophistication of available methods.
Statistical methods courses are offered in many departments across the campus. Students in the economics field often choose to take ARE 210/212/213. Students in organizations and politics/policy often take PS231A/231B/233. Many will supplement these with additional applied econometrics and specialized courses.
There is great flexibility in meeting the research design requirement; students are strongly encouraged to take PH 250B. Some of the statistical methods courses also are in the list of approved research design courses (though a student cannot use the same course towards both requirements).
Students are also required to demonstrate competency in epidemiology; students without previous epidemiology coursework may choose to satisfy both the epidemiology requirement and the research design requirement by taking PH 250A or PH 250B.
Statistical Methods (choose two)
PH 232 Public Health Applications of Time Series Analysis
PH 242C Longitudinal Data Analysis
PH 245 Intro to Multivariate Public Health Statistics
PH 293.19 Applied Econometrics
ARE 212 Econometrics: Multiple Equation Estimation
ARE 213 Applied Econometrics
ECON 240A/B Introductory Statistics and Econometrics (applied)
ECON 241A/B Econometrics (theoretical)
ECON 244 Applied Econometrics
EDUC 275G Hierarchical and Longitudinal Modeling
PhDBA 297D Econometric Analysis of Health Care Markets
PS 231A Quantitative Analysis in Political Research
PS 231B Logic & Methods of Cross-Sectional Time-Series & Panel Analysis
PS 233 Psychometric and Econometric Methods
PS 239 The Statistics of Causal Inference in the Social Sciences
SOC 271D Quantitative/Statistical Research Methods in Social Sciences
Research Design (choose one)
PH 218C Advanced Program & Policy Evaluation
PH 219A Advanced Methods: Qualitative Research
PH 219D Introduction to Survey Methods
PH 250A Epidemiologic Methods
PH 250B Epidemiologic Methods II
PH 252A Applied Sampling
PhD BA 297B Research and Theory in Business: Behavior Science
PS 235 Introduction to Research Design
PS 239 Selected Topics in Methodology