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What is a three step explanation of the research process?

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  1. Pose a question
  2. Answer the question
  3. Present the answers
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“Pose a Question”

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  • understand the research field
  • indentify research question
  • FINER framework
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“Answer the Question”

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  • formulate hypothesis
  • plan study
  • collect data
  • analyze data
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“Present the Answers”

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  • interpet and discuss the results
  • derive conclusions
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FINER Framework

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used for posing a research question
* Feasible
* Interesting
* Novel
* Ethical
* Relevant

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FINER Framework

Feasible

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  • adequate numbers of subjects
  • adequate technical expertise
  • affordable in time and money
  • manageable in scope
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FINER Framework

Interesting

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should cause intrigue in investigators, peers, and community

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FINER Framework

Novel

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confirms, refutes, or extends previous findings

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FINER Framework

Ethical

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respects rights, dignitiy, and well-being of participants

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FINER Framework

Relevant

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  • to scientific knowledge
  • to clinical and health policy
  • to future research
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Independent Variable

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variables that are manipulated or measured by the researcher

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Dependent Variable

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variables being measured in order to determine the effects of independent variable

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Study Subjects

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in what animals model or population you will study the question

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Graduate School

NIH NRSA F31 (National Research Service Award)

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supports predoctoral students in biomedical research

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Graduate School

NSF Fellowship Program

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offers funding to graduate students in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics

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Postdoc

NIH NRSA F32

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a grant that provides funding to support promising postdoctoral researchers in biomedical and behavioral sciences

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Postdoc

NIH NRSA T32

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a grant awarded to institutions to fund research training programs for postdoctoral students in various biomedical, behavioral, and clinical research fields

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Postdoc

NIH K Awards

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Provides career development support for early-career researchers transitioning to independent research

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Postdoc

NIH K99/R00

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  • Pathway to Independence Award
  • designed to help postdoctoral researchers transition to independent research positions; It is a two-phase grant
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Faculty

NIH R01

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research project grant

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Postdoc

NIH R03

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small research grant

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Postdoc

NIH R21

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exploratory/developmental research grant

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What are NIH review criteria?

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  • significance
  • innovation
  • investigator (s)
  • approach
  • environment
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Define Cause-Effect Relationship

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a relationship in which one event (cause) makes another event happen (effect)

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Define Cause
an event, condition, or characteristic that precedes a health outcome
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What are the main categories of establishing a cause-effect relationship?
* Correlation * Temporality * Alternative Explanation
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# Cause-Effect Criteria Correlation
is there a relationship between the independent variable and the dependent variable?
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# Cause-Effect Criteria Temporality
does the cause precede the effect?
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# Cause-Effect Criteria Alternative Explanation/Mechanism
can the observed associations be explained by alternative (non-causal) mechanisms, or extraneous variables?
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Which of Hill's criteria fall under "Correlation"?
* strength * consistency * specificity * biological gradient
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# Hill's Criteria strength
magnitude of the effect and statistical significance
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# Hill's Criteria consistency
similar results repeatedly observed by different persons, places, circumstances and times * integrating results from multiple types of studies
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# Hill's Criteria specificity
specific conditions (exposures) linked to particular sites and specific outcomes
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# Hill's Criteria biological gradient
linear relationship between the dose of exposure and risk of diease or severity of outcome
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Which of Hill's criteria fall under "Alternative Explanation"?
* plausability * coherence * experiment * analogy
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# Hill's Criteria plausability
is there a plausible biological mechanism?
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# Hill's Criteria coherence
does it contradict known biological mechanisms or other specific facts?
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# Hill's Criteria experiment
well designed experiments should be powerful tools to investigate causality
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# Hill's Criteria analogy
when similar exposure-outcome relationships have already been established, it will be easier to make causal inference
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Validity
refers to the credibility or believability of the research
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Reliability
refers to the consistency or repeatability of the results over time or across different observers
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Internal Validity
the degree to which a study accurately establishes a cause-and-effect relationship between variables, free from confounding factors
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External Validity
generalizability; the extent to which the results of a study canbe generalized to other populations, settings, or times beyond the specific conditions of the experiment
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Errors
defined as the difference between the true value of a measurement and the recorded value of a measurement
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# Errors Random Error
* "noise in the system" * no preferred direction (averages zero) * tends to decrease with larger sample sizes or repeated measurements
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# Errors Non-random / Bias
* not due to chance alone * has direction and magnitude (averaging does not equal zero) * threat to internal validity
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Accuracy
How close a measured value is to the true or accepted value
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Precision
the consistency or repeatability or measurements, regardless of how close they are to true value
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Confounding
influence of third variables (extraneous variable) in a study which leads to an incorrect estimate of the association between independent and dependent variables
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What are characteristics of a confounder?
* associated with the exposure * associated with the outcome * not on the causal pathway
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# Confounding Positive Confounding
makes the association appear stronger that it is
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# Confounding Negative Confounding
makes association appear weaker than it is
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# Confounding Qualtitative Confounding
changes the direction of association between exposure and outcome * positive to negative * protective to harmful
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Mediator
when a variable lies in the causal pathway that link the exposure to the outcome
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How can confounding be managed?
Design: * randomization * restriction * matching Analysis: * adjustment * stratification
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Effect Modification
situation where a third variable modifies the effect of exposure on disease outcome
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How is Effect Modification similar to Confounding?
effect modification is about a third variable involved in the relationship between exposure and outcome
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How is Effect Modification unlike Confounding?
effect modification is usually not considered bias b/c it often reveals underlying biological mechanisms that impact the effects of the exposure
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