ABSTRACT

Key Topics in Clinical Research aims to provide a short, clear, highlighted reference to guide trainees and trainers through research and audit projects, from first idea, through to data collection and statistical analysis, to presentation and publication. This book is also designed to assist trainees in preparing for their specialty examinations b

chapter |4 pages

RESEARCH PROCESS

chapter |3 pages

RESEARCH IDEAS

chapter |6 pages

LITERATURE SEARCHING

chapter |3 pages

LABORATORY RESEARCH

chapter |5 pages

Research involving animalsl

chapter |4 pages

VOLUNTEER STUDIES

chapter |5 pages

QUALITATIVE RESEARCH

chapter |10 pages

RESEARCH DESIGN

chapter |4 pages

RANDOMIZATION

chapter |6 pages

CONDUCTING CLINICAL TRIALS

chapter |5 pages

SAMPLE SIZE AND POWER

chapter |7 pages

RESEARCH ETHICS COMMITTEES

chapter |4 pages

GRANT APPLICATION

chapter |5 pages

DATA COLLECTION

chapter |5 pages

MEASUREMENTS

chapter |2 pages

DESCRIPTIVE AND INFERENTIAL STATISTICS

chapter |2 pages

TYPES OF DATA

chapter |8 pages

SUMMARIZING DATA

chapter |10 pages

THE NORMAL DISTRIBUTION

chapter |15 pages

STUDENT’S t TEST

chapter |6 pages

MANN-WHITNEY U TEST

chapter |8 pages

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE (ANOVA)

chapter |7 pages

Chi squared and Fisher’s exact test

chapter |6 pages

CORRELATION AND REGRESSION

chapter |3 pages

LOGISTIC REGRESSION

chapter |10 pages

SURVIVAL DATA

chapter |3 pages

CHOICE OF STATISTICAL METHODS

chapter |4 pages

Systemic review and meta-analysis

chapter |3 pages

SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY

chapter |3 pages

GIVING A PRESENTATION

chapter |5 pages

REFERENCE MANAGEMENT

chapter |4 pages

PEER REVIEW

chapter |6 pages

AUDIT

chapter |4 pages

Risk adjustment and SMR

chapter |3 pages

Protocol and guidelines