Consultation Services Types of Assistance
What kind of help can I get from Consultation Services?
The services that can be selected on the Consultation Services (formerly BREAD) request form are listed below. Note that you may specify related assistance topics that are not listed.
Biostatistical Issues:
- Choosing statistical methods
- Multivariable modeling
- Other statistical analyses
- Interpreting results
- Responding to reviews
- Sample size planning
- Other biostatistical issues (For data cleaning/formatting, see Data Management Issues, below. For assistance with analysis of genomic, proteomic, microarray or sequence data please request assistance from Bioinformatics Data Analysis.)
Study Design and Implementation Issues:
- Choosing type of study (case-control, cohort, trial, etc)
- Sampling strategy, selection of controls
- Design of survey instruments
- Identification of existing databases
- Measurement, quality control
- Randomization and blinding schemes
- Recruitment, retention, and logistical issues
- Multicenter study coordination
- Budgeting
- Data and Safety Monitoring
- Qualitative data collection (focus groups, interviews, ethonographic observation, etc.)
- Qualitative data management (transcription, coding, and analysis software)
- Other study design issues (For assistance with regulatory issues please request assistance from Regulatory Knowledge and Support Service.)
Data Management Issues:
- Data cleaning and formatting
- General data management advice
- Choosing database platform/vendor
- Querying existing database
- Custom system development, hosted by investigator and supported with hourly recharges
- Custom system development, hosted and supported by Consultation Services on a recharge basis
- Other data management issues
Ethical Issues:
- Recruitment
- Informed consent
- Confidentiality
- Clinical trial issues (including randomization, use of placebo)
- Special populations (including children, prisoners, impaired decision-making)
- Working in resource-poor countries
- Genetic testing, gene transfer, stem cells
- Payment of participants
- Sensitive conditions (including HIV infection, injection drug use, major psychiatric illness)
- Other ethical issues
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