A Practical Guide for Health Researchers - part 6 ppt

... rows and, if necessary, a footnote for explanation of non-standard abbreviations that are used, and for identification of statistical measures of variations, such as standard deviation and standard ... A practical guide for health researchers values, a graph is more efficient. A graph is a better alternative than a table with many entries. The same data should not...

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... non-standard abbreviations that are used, and for identification of statistical measures of variations, such as standard deviation and standard error of the mean. Tables should have a logical structure. ... version www.adultpdf.com 142 A practical guide for health researchers • Are the results presented in a way that allows other investigators to check and to compare? Ca...

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... research design. The researcher has to select the appropriate design for the particular study. All types of research design have a place, and all have advantages and disadvantages. But not all ... version www.adultpdf.com 36 A practical guide for health researchers rigour. In particular the drug in question should be compared, in a randomized way, with the currently bes...

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... that each member of the population has had an equal chance of selection. Random sampling is not haphazard sampling. This is trial version www.adultpdf.com 234 A practical guide for health researchers ... Qualitative methods A research approach that emphasizes the non-numerical data and interpretive analysis. Quantitative methods A research approach that emphasizes the col...

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... considerations are This is trial version www.adultpdf.com WHO Library Cataloguing in Publication Data Fathalla, Mahmoud F. A practical guide for health researchers / by Mahmoud F. Fathalla and Mohamed ... Drivers for health research 29 3.4 Participation in collaborative international research 32 3.5 Participation in pharmaceutical company research 34 3 .6 Where do research i...

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... Is it feasible in the particular set-up for the study? This is trial version www.adultpdf.com 66 A practical guide for health researchers • Does it provide enough detail that can allow another ... This is trial version www.adultpdf.com 50 A practical guide for health researchers operational definition. The operational definition is a statement of how the rese...

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... clarity and style of the written proposal. This is trial version www.adultpdf.com 86 A practical guide for health researchers the investigator for every patient participating in a clinical trial. ... monitoring: data management (record keeping and data handling) and data quality (quality assurance and quality control). Record-keeping and handling of data All steps involved...

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... statistical test to be used. For the purposes of data description, and statistical analysis, data are looked at as variables. Data are classified as either numerical or categorical. Data are ... is trial version www.adultpdf.com 100 A practical guide for health researchers Distribution of the data The distribution of the data is important for the statisticians. Data fall in...

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... version www.adultpdf.com 166 A practical guide for health researchers Overhead transparencies The overhead projector is a natural successor to the chalkboard. It is particularly useful in presentations ... to small groups. Overhead transparencies, as visual aids, have advantages and disadvantages. The advantages of overhead transparencies are that: • they may not need to hav...

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... (standardized and objective) way. This is trial version www.adultpdf.com 188 A practical guide for health researchers 22. In any research on human beings, each potential subject must be adequately ... Wellcome trust, for example, maintains TechTrac, an This is trial version www.adultpdf.com 170 A practical guide for health researchers • Be sure to prepare a pres...

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