Outcomes Measurement and Survey Core

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Mission

The mission of this core facility is to provide consultation and support for research that involves collecting, analyzing or interpreting self-, proxy-, and observer-report data in culturally diverse populations across the lifespan. The facility provides expertise on the best ways to measure outcomes derived by self-report, serves as a central resource for state-of-the-science instruments and measurement methods and provides in-house support services for collection and analysis of outcomes and survey data.

Key Services

Research Design Consultation Services

• Assistance with development of new protocols including research objectives, endpoints, and hypotheses
• Measure selection and implementation (e.g. mode of administration, assessment platform)
• Survey development
• Sampling and recruitment strategies utilizing practices to support health equity in research
• Analysis methods

Programming & Analysis Services

• Digital patient-reported outcome administration tools
• Scoring algorithms
• Psychometric and statistical analysis and interpretation

Research Operations Services

• Facilitation of translations of measures and surveys
• Qualitative methods (e.g., focus groups, cognitive interviewing)