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Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 August 2012
Would you review the Steps for designing and analyzing data from a clinical study?
Step 1 Choose a question that you are genuinely interested in knowing the answer to.
Step 2 Perform a literature search, review the published work, and speak to the experts in the field to learn of unpublished work.
Step 3 State your question in terms of a null and an alternative hypothesis.
Step 4 Choose a study design by considering the advantages and disadvantages of the different methods (Chapter 2).
Step 5 Determine the type of univariate, bivariate, and multivariable analyses you will need to perform (Chapters 4–6).
Step 6 Perform a sample size calculation (Chapter 7).
Step 7 Develop a study manual (Section 3.2).
Step 8 Submit your research protocol to an institutional review board for approval (Section 2.12).
Step 9 Develop data entry screens (Section 3.3).
Step 10 Collect your data (Section 3.2).
Step 11 Enter your data (Section 3.4).
Step 12 Clean, recode, and transform your data, and derive any variables you will need (Sections 3.5–3.8).
Step 13 Review the distribution of all of your variables (Section 4.1).
Step 14 Conduct univariate, then bivariate, and finally multivariate analyses (Chapters 4–6).
Step 15 Write up your results (Section 11.1).
Step 16 Send out for publication (Section 11.4).
Step 17 Revise and resubmit (Sections 11.5–11.6).
Step 18 Develop a media strategy to coincide with the publication of your paper (Section 11.7).
Step 19 Bask in your glory!
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