Behavioral Measurement Core Facility
Case Comprehensive Cancer Center
Susan A. Flocke, PhD, Facility Director
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Serves: Case Comprehensive Cancer Center Members
Overview
The Behavioral Measurement Core Facility supports clinical, prevention, and other cancer research by assisting investigators in behavioral research methods including identifying or adapting existing measures of behavioral constructs or, when needed, developing new instruments to fit investigator research questions and hypotheses. More specifically, the core supports the following services: - Access to a library of existing behavioral measures relevant for cancer research
- Expert-guided searches and critical evaluation of concept-driven measures
- Psychometric evaluation of existing measures, modified measures, and the development of new quantitative measures
- Assistance with the planning, conduct, collection, and analysis of qualitative data to aid new instrument development
- Psychometric and statistical analysis of behavioral measures as outcome and predictor variables
- Behavioral measurement functions in support of project and grant development
- Assistance in the preparation of behavioral data for presentation/publication
Page last updated: October, 2007
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