Free · self-paced
Research Designs
Short videos on the designs global health researchers use to answer a question: randomized trials, quasi-experiments, observational studies, qualitative and mixed methods, and more, drawn from the textbook Global Health Research in Practice. Free, self-paced, and not a Duke course.
Lessons
Randomized Controlled Trials
7 steps · 50 min
Quasi-Experimental Designs
6 steps · 36 min
Observational Designs
6 steps · 40 min
Qualitative and Mixed Methods
4 steps · 34 min
Other Designs and Approaches to Know
7 steps · 32 min
How it works
A few minutes at a timeEach step is one short video segment and one idea, with the point written out underneath.
Nothing is dueNo deadlines and no grade. Start anywhere, stop anywhere, and we remember where you were.
Read it instead, if you likeThe chapter, the slides and the full transcript sit beside every step.
Not a Duke credentialThis is not a Duke course and finishing it does not earn a badge or certificate.