Demonstrates an ability to identify the methods and tools to collect valid and reliable qualitative and quantitative information in multiple formats.
Key Behaviors
- Determines the best and most efficient ways to collect quantitative and qualitative information.
- Designs and implements strategies, methodologies, and tools to collect data that is relevant, accurate, and representative of the target population or phenomenon of interest.
- Applies sampling techniques to determine groups to be surveyed or uses complete enumeration methods.
- Determines the methods, processes, algorithms, tools, and systems to extract meaningful data from structured and unstructured datasets to answer scientific questions (e.g., biomedical research).
Developmental opportunities for this competency are available from the NIH Training Center.