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Outcomes Measurement and Survey Core Facility
The mission of this core facility is to provide consultation and support for research that involves collecting, analyzing or interpreting self-report data in culturally diverse populations. 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 translation, collection and analysis of outcomes and survey data.

Services Offered
The OMSC 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 research support services for translation, collection and analysis of outcomes and survey data.



Research Design Consultation Services
  • Assistance with development of new protocols
  • Questionnaire/Survey selection and development
  • Recruitment strategies and assessment plans
  • Analysis methods
  • News and upcoming events
    Key Publications
    Programming & Analysis Services
  • Computer-based questionnaire administration tools
  • Scoring algorithms
  • Recruitment strategies and assessment plans
  • Psychometric and statistical analysis and interpretation
  • More Links:
    Department of Medical Social Sciences
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    Research Operations Services
  • Training for study interviewers
  • Multilingual study interviewers
  • Multilingual translations of questionnaires and surveys
  • Qualitative methods (focus groups, cognitive interviewing)
  • Location and Contacts:
    Outcomes Measurement and Survey Core
    Department of Medical Social Sciences
    710 North Lake Shore Drive, Room 729
    Chicago, Illinois 60611
    Phone: 312.503.9804
    Fax: 312.503.9800
    Elizabeth Hahn, MA, Director
    312.503.9804
    e-hahn@northwestern.edu
    Seung Choi, PhD
    312.503.9803
    s-choi@northwestern.edu
    Lynne Wagner, PhD
    312.503.3529
    lwagner@northwestern.edu
    Susan Yount, PhD
    312.503.3534
    s-yount@northwestern.edu
    Marcella Clark, Program Assistant
    312.503.3540
    marcella-clark@northwestern.edu
    David Cella, PhD
    312.503.1086
    d-cella@northwestern.edu



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