Research Design
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Saturday, November 21, 2009

Science, technology, and innovation: nursing responsibilities in clinical research.

29 Nov 2009 Clinical research is a systematic investigation of human biology, health, or illness involving human beings. It builds on laboratory and animal studies and often involves clinical trials, which are specifically designed to test the safety and ... Read more...

Prevalence of psychopathology in childhood epilepsy: categorical and dimensional measures.

17 Nov 2009 Few studies have utilized both categorical and dimensional measures of psychopathology in children with epilepsy. We evaluated 173 children (88 males, 85 females; mean age 11.7y [SD 1.8]; range 9-14y) who had epilepsy (generalized 36%, partial 61%) ... Read more...

The Carotid Revascularization Endarterectomy vs. Stenting Trial completes randomization: lessons learned and anticipated results.

30 Oct 2009 The Carotid Revascularization Endarterectomy vs. Stenting Trial (CREST) completed randomization on July 18, 2008. Sponsored by the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS), the trial has enrolled 2,522 participants across ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Research Design'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Science, technology, and innovation: nursing responsibilities in clinical research. 29 Nov 2009
• Aging matters in cancer research. 29 Nov 2009
• Prevalence of psychopathology in childhood epilepsy: categorical and dimensional measures. 17 Nov 2009
• Endoscopic versus open vein-graft harvesting. 3 Nov 2009
• Endoscopic versus open vein-graft harvesting. 3 Nov 2009
• Obstructive sleep apnea a respiratory syndrome with protean cardiovascular manifestations. Nov 2009
• Importance of clinical relevance in clinical trials. 30 Oct 2009
• Hemoglobin-based oxygen carriers: current status and future directions. 30 Oct 2009
• Dropouts and missing data in psychiatric clinical trials. 30 Oct 2009
• The Carotid Revascularization Endarterectomy vs. Stenting Trial completes randomization: lessons learned and anticipated results. 30 Oct 2009
• Increase in quality, but not quantity, of clinical trials in acute pain: 1992 versus 2007. 30 Oct 2009
• Challenges in developing evidence-based drug dosing guidelines for adults and children receiving renal replacement therapy. 30 Oct 2009
• When to conduct a renal impairment study during drug development: US Food and Drug Administration perspective. 30 Oct 2009
• How will GINA influence participation in pharmacogenomics research and clinical testing? 30 Oct 2009
• Hearing improvement after bevacizumab for neurofibromatosis type 2. 27 Oct 2009
• Acupuncture research: placebos by many other names. 24 Oct 2009
• Reporting of safety results in published reports of randomized controlled trials. 24 Oct 2009
• Adverse events in randomized trials: neglected, restricted, distorted, and silenced. 24 Oct 2009
• Have we reached a plateau in adjuvant breast cancer therapy? 22 Oct 2009
• Multimorbidity: another key issue for cardiovascular medicine. 22 Oct 2009

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Technical information about 'Research Design'

Definition: A plan for collecting and utilizing data so that desired information can be obtained with sufficient precision or so that an hypothesis can be tested properly.

Descriptor UI: D012107

Alternative terms: Research Design; Design, Research; Designs, Research; Research Designs; Research Proposal; Proposal, Research; Proposals, Research; Research Proposals; Scoring Methods; Method, Scoring; Methods, Scoring; Scoring Method; Matched Groups; Group, Matched; Groups, Matched; Matched Group; Error Sources; Error Source; Source, Error; Sources, Error; Data Quality; Data Qualities; Qualities, Data; Quality, Data; Data Reporting; Reporting, Data; Experimental Design; Designs, Experimental; Experimental Designs; Design, Experimental; Problem Formulation; Formulation, Problem; Formulations, Problem; Problem Formulations; Data Adjustment; Data Adjustments;

Related Mesh Headings: Clinical Trials Data Monitoring Committees;

Allowable Qualifiers: legislation & jurisprudence; statistics & numerical data; standards; trends;

Tree Number: E05.581.500; H01.770.644.728;

History Note: 73