Lynn Shaffer's Research Essentials
The essentials for interpreting research and statistics
Developing a Research Question This Word document contains a short guide on developing research questions using PICOT and FINER. A focused and practical research question is the foundation for conducting a successful project. Quick Sample Size Calculator This Excel file can give you an estimate of the number of people (or objects) needed for a…
What It Is A visual graphic which assists in making a calculation. Typically uses two y-axes on either side of a specifically-angled line. The answer is determined by where a line drawn from one y-axis to the other y-axis intersects the specifically-angled line. From the Greek for “law-line.” Why It’s Important Nomograms are convenient in…
Spoiler alert: not as much as we should at this point. I was going to write a more straightforward post but I was at an ob/gyn journal club a couple of days ago where we discussed a fairly recent article (Oct 2019) reporting on a randomized controlled trial meant to confirm the positive results of…