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12/30/2018

Dr. Eric Heidel provides professional statistical consultation to students, physicians, and researchers. https://www.scalelive.com/store/c1/research-engineer-store

11/19/2018

Write your research questions using the PICO framework.

The PICO framework is used to formulate and refine a research question. PICO stands for population, intervention, comparator, and outcome.

03/21/2018

Here is our next project! Use Phenomena to build better Google Search results! https://www.searchphenomena.com

Phenomena is a search query generator for people that use Google to search the internet. Phenomena w

11/30/2017

Include the intervention in your research question using the PICO framework. https://www.scalelive.com/intervention.html

The intervention or independent variable in a research question should be associated with the outcome. The intervention is a part of the PICO framework.

11/12/2017

Hello everyone! Check out our latest project: Advanced Search with Google Made Easy! https://www.searchphenomena.com

10/29/2017

Conduct a critical appraisal of prognosis evidence. https://www.scalelive.com/appraising-prognosis-evidence.html

When appraising prognosis evidence, there should be a defined sample of patients, sufficient follow-up, adjustment for variables, and validation of findings.

10/14/2017

Small effect sizes decrease statistical power and increase the needed sample size. http://www.scalelive.com/statistical-power-and-small-effect-sizes.html

Small effect sizes decrease statistical power and increase the needed sample size. This is because more observations are needed to detect significance.

09/13/2017

Intention-to-treat analysis is a necessary component of any randomized controlled trial. http://www.scalelive.com/intention-to-treat.html

"Intention-to-Treat" analysis means that all study participants are analyzed in the same group they were randomly assigned to at the beginning of a study.

09/05/2017

Compare two groups on a continuous outcome using independent samples t-test in SPSS. http://www.scalelive.com/independent-samples-t-test.html

Independent samples t-test is used to compare two groups on a continuous outcome. SPSS can be used to conduct assumptions and independent samples t-test.

08/28/2017

Calculate the needed sample size for your research using G*Power. http://www.scalelive.com/sample-size.html

Calculate the needed sample size for ten different statistical tests using G*Power. Choose inclusion criteria, exclusion criteria, and sampling methods.