The following slides accompanied a presentation delivered at ASHA’s Clinical Practice Research Institute. Data speak, not men… “Designs have inherent rigor but not all studies using a design are rigorous” — Randy; yesterday “Illusion of strong evidence…”– Gilbert, McPeek & Mosteller, 1977 Effects of Interpretation Bias on Research Evidence (Kaptchuk,...
The following slides accompanied a presentation delivered at ASHA’s Clinical Practice Research Institute. The Logic of a Staged System of Clinical Research Let’s examine the fundamental logic underpinning a staged system of clinical research (that is easily applied to patient-oriented research) as developed in medicine. A protocol achieving status as...
The following slides accompanied a presentation delivered at ASHA’s Clinical Practice Research Institute. Success in practice research requires strong links to clinicians, administrators and community organizations Strategically planning how to develop these links prior to the study will often result in: Goals Understanding Expectations Understanding the culture and expectations of...
The following slides accompanied a presentation delivered at ASHA’s Clinical Practice Research Institute. Another approach to analyzing data from group comparison studies. Instead of comparing means, dichotomize the event (outcome) of interest as “present” or “absent” in individual patients within the groups. Then compare the distribution of events in the...
