Research support
by Robert Batzinger
1. The nature of research
1.1. Objectives
1.1.1. Looking for results
1.1.1.1. reproducible
1.1.1.2. improve quality of life
1.1.1.3. effective
1.1.1.4. relevant
1.1.2. Create outcomes
1.1.2.1. cited by others
1.1.2.2. establishes reputation
1.1.2.3. builds expertise
1.1.2.4. improves ranking
1.2. Target audience
1.2.1. Publishers and their clientel
1.2.2. Sponsors and Supporters
1.2.3. Academia
1.2.4. Marketing
1.3. Stages of Research
2. General Research Design
2.1. Types of research
2.1.1. Cross-sectional vs longitudal
2.1.2. Differential treatment of groups
2.1.3. Before/after
2.1.4. Quantitative vs Qualitative
2.1.5. Multivariate analysis
2.1.6. Clustering and classification
2.2. Managing Experimental Error
2.2.1. Estimating experimental error
2.2.2. Required sample size
2.2.3. Blocking and grouping
3. Research proposal
3.1. Research plan
3.2. Preliminary data
3.3. References to previous work
3.4. Budget
3.5. Scheduling
4. Data analysis and interpretation
4.1. Hypothesis testing
4.2. Probability and certainty
4.3. Statistical analysis
4.3.1. Basic descriptive statistics
4.3.2. Group comparison
4.3.3. Interaction between groups