Advanced Methods in Delivery System Research --
Webinars on Planning, Executing, Analyzing, and
Reporting Research on Delivery System Improvement
Sponsored by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) Delivery System Initiative
in partnership with the AHRQ PCMH program
Webinar #1: Fuzzy Set Analysis – Mon. April 15, 1-2pm EDT.
Presenter: Marcus Thygeson, MD, Associate Medical Director, Health Partners
Discussant: Jodi Holtrop, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Family Medicine, Michigan State University
Moderator: I. Michael Harrison, PhD, Senior Social Scientist, AHRQ
Fuzzy Set Analysis is a mode of analyzing data using set membership and configurational analysis. It allows researchers to calibrate partial membership in sets using values in the interval between 0 (non-membership) and 1 (full membership) without abandoning core set theoretic principles. Dr.Thygeson's presentation will draw on Fuzzy-Set Qualitative Comparative Analysis and Configurational Comparative Methods by Marcus Thygeson, Deborah Peikes, Aparajita Zutshi, AHRQ PCMH Research Methods Brief (to be posted soon on AHRQ PCMH website.)
Additional Webinars in this Series:
Statistical Process Control (5/14, 1-2pm EDT)
Logic Models (6/4, 1-2pm EDT)
Formative Evaluation (7/15, 1-2pm EDT)
Mixed Methods – TBA Dec., 2013
The lead presenter on webinars 2 through 4 are authors of forthcoming briefs in the PCMH Research Methods Series. The discussants are AHRQ-funded researchers applying the method to other delivery system areas. The 5th webinar will be based on a forthcoming special issue of Health Services Research on Mixed Methods in Healthcare Delivery Systems Research
Register at http://bit.ly/EconometricaAHRQ
Michael I. Harrison, Ph.D.
Sr. Social Scientist, Organizations & Systems
Center for Delivery, Organization, and Markets
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
540 Gaither Rd. Rockville, MD 20850
Phone: 301-427-1434
Email: Michael.Harrison@ahrq.hhs.gov
Delivery System Research: http://www.ahrq.gov/professionals/quality-patient-safety/quality-resources/2011mtg/mtgsumm.html
Bio: http://www.linkedin.com/profile/view?id=208021727&trk=tab_pro
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