The Department of Biostatistics holds daily clinics from Monday through Friday. The clinics provide expert biostatistical advice for researchers at any level of experience. The many questions a researcher may have for a biostatistician may include: What type of analysis should I conduct? How large should my sample size be? How should I design my study? What model should I use? Here are some tips that may be useful for researchers preparing to attend the clinic.
To get the most out of Biostatistics Clinics:
- Be prepared to give a short, informal overview of your project and explain what questions you have.
- Come with a clear idea of what you would like to learn from the clinic.
- Be familiar with the existing literature. This will assist in understanding possible confounders, limitations, and methods used by other researchers.
- Be familiar with the type of data that you have or will collect: what variables will be (or have been) collected, and how will (were) they be measured (nominal, ordinal, continuous, categorical, etc...)?
- Consult our data de-identification checklist to confirm that all identifiers have been scrubbed from your dataset(s).
- Ask questions to address your expectations and concerns.
- Make sure you understand the advice given during the clinic and have a planned course of action.
Additional advice:
While your questions may not be answered exhaustively within the clinic hour, the clinic biostatisticians will try to address as many as possible. For further assistance, researchers may attend future clinics and/or schedule a biostatistical consultation by contact the Department of Biostatistics.
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