Research Design
- Performing literature reviews in order to identify significant public health problems
- Creating conceptual models and evidence matrices
- Writing research questions that are "and hypotheses
- Determining appropriate study designs based on research questions and hypotheses (quantitative, qualitative and mixed-methods)
- Selecting primary and secondary outcome variables
- Selecting measurement tools
- Writing measurement protocols
- Establishing participant inclusion and exclusion criteria
- Obtaining IRB approval
- Writing grant proposals and obtaining research funding
- Developing participant recruitment strategies
- Performing power analyses to determine appropriate sample size
- Developing process evaluation strategies
- Developing participant retention strategies
- Writing participant curricula
- Writing research budgets
Study Implementation
- Recruiting, hiring and training staff
- Recruiting and screening study participants
- Collecting data (qualitative and quantitative)
- Monitoring study progress (including expenses)
Data Analysis
- Descriptive Statistics
- T-Tests
- Analysis of Variance
- Analysis of Covariance
- Multiple Linear Regression
- Chi-Square
- Odds Ratios
- Directed content analysis (quantitative data)
- Triangulation
Reporting
- Preparing and presenting scientific posters
- Writing abstracts
- Identifying academic journals for manuscript submission
- Authoring and co-authoring manuscripts
