In order to attain the desired future system for aggregate-level clinical trial results dissemination, we identify concrete research directions for medical informatics, decision making and statistics researchers.
Building upon prior work from the fields of engineering, neuroscience, and statistics, researchers in the field have created a rich collection of event-related designs and developed a rigorous theoretical framework for characterizing and optimizing the performance of designs.
In a study published 20 October in The Review of Economics and Statistics, researchers found that when people turn their clocks back in fall, robberies rise by 7% over the whole day, with a 27% increase in the hours during and just after sunset.
Through the use of systematic observation data and other vital statistics, researchers can not only identify the cause of a social problem but also devise an evidence-based practice to successfully target that problem, as was done in London during the nineteenth century to identify and target the cholera epidemic (Snow 1855).
Discussions in this group covered a wide range of topics--from providing statistics on researcher mobility to promoting mobility between academia and industry--for which the situation between countries varied.
There are no official statistics, but researchers estimate that there are roughly 210,000 Muslims in Denmark.
After analyzing decades of national mortality statistics, federal researchers reported last year that exceptional thinness, a logical consequence of calorie restriction, was associated with an increased risk of death.
Virtual Communities - Statistics for researchers.
If the mother's patterns of genetic variants, or haplotypes, are known, statistics allow researchers to conclude what variants she passed on to her offspring.
But with an average entry age of 38, according to MIUR statistics, Italian researchers spend a good part of their career without enjoying a secure job, a decent salary, or scientific autonomy.
Besides the "classic" statistics approach, researchers have also used the TAM Technology Acceptance Modell) and UTAUT (Unified Theory of Acceptance and Use of Technology) to measure the gender variable, with diverse results.
