The course will provide an overview of the most common stated preferences methods in health research. Each step of designing, analyzing, and interpreting a stated-preference study will be reviewed using published good research practices. Case studies will be used to illustrate the application of stated-preference studies.

By the end of this course participants will have:

1. Awareness of good research practices in guiding the design, analysis, and interpretation of a stated-preference study to elicit preferences and/or values of patients, physicians, and other decision makers.
2. Understanding of the conceptual and empirical basis of different methods to elicit stated preferences in outcomes research;
3. Knowledge of the practical challenges involved in designing, analyzing, and interpreting a stated-preference instrument in order to obtain valid empirical estimates; and
4. Practical skills to use appropriate method to analyze data from a stated-preference study and interpret the results.