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cancer prevention |
COLLOQUIUM |
Are Group Differences Real, or Measurement Artifacts? Developing Cross-Cultural Surveys of Cancer Risk FactorsGordon Willis, Ph.D.Speaker Dr. Willis is Chair, NCI Special Studies Institutional Review Board, and a Cognitive Psychologist, Applied Research Program, Division of Cancer Control and Populations Sciences, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD Learning Objective To familiarize participants with challenges to questionnaire design in cross-cultural and multiple language surveys, and to introduce pretesting methods that detect and address sources of question misinterpretation by members of different cultural subgroups. Target Audience Researchers and clinicians actively involved in topics that relate to cancer prevention and control Date/Time/Place Wednesday, January 25, 2006 11:00 a.m. For Additional Information Office of Preventive Oncology If you are a person with a disability and require any assistive device, services or other reasonable accommodation to participate in this activity, please contact the Office of Preventive Oncology at 301-496-8640 at least one week in advance of the lecture date to discuss your accommodation needs. |
Educational objectives: To better comprehend current research in various aspects of cancer prevention and control, including current challenges and methods used by investigators to address gaps, advance the field, and promote application of successful strategies, and to better identify various bio-statistical methods and appropriate conditions for application in cancer prevention and control research.
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