When reported correlation coefficients seem too high to be true, does investigative verification of source data provide suitable reassurance?
The methods of the register, including the procedure for data collection and management, identification of patients, and verification of source data, has been described previously.
Data validation included checks for implausible values and verification of source documentation (e.g. hospital records) from a sample of patients at each facility.
Independent clinical research organisations contracted by the sponsor were responsible for the monitoring and management of clinical data including verification with source notes.
In addition, patients' demographic and treatment data from 3 sites were also subjected to independent data verification against source documents on site.
Monitoring will consist of 100%% check informed consent procedure, registration of adverse events, completeness of the trial master file, and verification of source data (primary outcome in a 10%% sample).
Monitoring will consist of 100% check informed consent procedure, registration of adverse events, completeness of the trial master file, and verification of source data (primary outcome in 10% sample).
It is a modern, dramatic way to write history: the narrative is punctuated by citations from diaries, flashbacks, commentaries, documents, verification of sources and interpretations of why those involved did what they did.
It was, in effect, finished before his stroke and his death, except for reconfiguration and editing of a concluding section and verification of sources, both now completed by his close friend and Wesleyan University colleague Richard Elphick.
Last year, Gmail started filtering spam from fake eBay and PayPal emails, requiring actual verification from the source that an email was being sent from ebay.com.com
