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Focus group methodology: some ethical challenges

Quality & Quantity: International Journal of Methodology, 2019
Focus group methodology generates distinct ethical challenges that do not correspond fully to those raised by one-to-one interviews. This paper explores, in both conceptual and practical terms, three key issues: consent; confidentiality and anonymity ...
J. Sim, J. Waterfield
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Research methodology and characteristics of journal articles with original data, preprint articles and registered clinical trial protocols about COVID-19

BMC Medical Research Methodology, 2020
Background The research community reacted rapidly to the emergence of COVID-19. We aimed to assess characteristics of journal articles, preprint articles, and registered trial protocols about COVID-19 and its causal agent SARS-CoV-2.
Mahir Fidahic, Danijela Nujić, Renata Runjic, M. Čivljak, F. Markotic, Zvjezdana Lovrić Makarić, L. Puljak   +6 more
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Simulation-based model selection for dynamical systems in systems and population biology [PDF]

, 2010
Computer simulations have become an important tool across the biomedical sciences and beyond. For many important problems several different models or hypotheses exist and choosing which one best describes reality or observed data is not straightforward ...
Addy, Arbouzova, Beaumont, Blum, Burnham, Chen, Clancy, Darnell, Del Moral, Eigen, Excoffier, Gelman, Gillespie, Grelaud, Gutenkunst, Horvath, Jeffreys, Kass, Kim, Kirk, Klingmüller, Köster, Longini, Marjoram, May, Michael P. H. Stumpf, Möller, Müller, O'Neill, Prusiner, Ratmann, Ratmann, Secrier, Sisson, Swameye, Timmer, Tina Toni, Toni, Vyshemirsky, Wei, Wilkinson, Zi   +41 more
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Design-Based Ratio Estimators and Central Limit Theorems for Clustered, Blocked RCTs

, 2021
This article develops design-based ratio estimators for clustered, blocked randomized controlled trials (RCTs), with an application to a federally funded, school-based RCT testing the effects of behavioral health interventions.
Kautz, Tim, Miratrix, Luke W., Pashley, Nicole E., Schochet, Peter Z.   +3 more
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A vine copula mixed effect model for trivariate meta-analysis of diagnostic test accuracy studies accounting for disease prevalence [PDF]

, 2015
A bivariate copula mixed model has been recently proposed to synthesize diagnostic test accuracy studies and it has been shown that it is superior to the standard generalized linear mixed model in this context.
Aas K, Aristidis K Nikoloulopoulos, Brenner H, Chu H, Chu H, Demidenko E, Genest C, Genest C, Genest C, Hamza TH, Hoyer A, Hua L, Hult H, Joe H, Joe H, Joe H, Joe H, Joe H, Karageorgopoulos DE, Kurowicka D, Kuss O, Leeflang MMG, Leeflang MMG, Ma X, Mavridis D, McNeil AJ, Nash JC, Nelsen RB, Nikoloulopoulos AK, Nikoloulopoulos AK, Nikoloulopoulos AK, Nikoloulopoulos AK, Nikoloulopoulos AK, Nikoloulopoulos AK, Nikoloulopoulos AK, Panagiotelis A, Paul M, Serfling RJ, Shen C, Stroud AH, Vuong QH, Ye Y   +41 more
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Fast DD-classification of functional data

, 2016
A fast nonparametric procedure for classifying functional data is introduced. It consists of a two-step transformation of the original data plus a classifier operating on a low-dimensional hypercube.
Mosler, Karl, Mozharovskyi, Pavlo
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The shortest confidence interval for Poisson mean [PDF]

arXiv, 2021
The existence of the shortest confidence interval for Poisson mean is shown. The method of obtaining such an interval is presented as well.
arxiv  

Comments on: "Hybrid Semiparametric Bayesian Networks" [PDF]

TEST (2022), 30, 328-330, 2022
Invited discussion on the paper "Hybrid Semiparametric Bayesian Networks" by David Atienza, Pedro Larranaga and Concha Bielza (TEST, 2022).
arxiv  

Indigenous research methodology – weaving a research interface

International Journal of Social Research Methodology, 2019
Indigenous research Knowledges and methodologies have existed over millennia, however it is only recently that Indigenous scholars have been able to challenge institutional Western hegemony to reclaim sovereignty in the research space.
C. Ryder, T. Mackean, Julieann Coombs, H. Williams, K. Hunter, A. Holland, R. Ivers   +6 more
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The Ethos of Citation in Qualitative Research Methodology

Reconceptualizing Educational Research Methodology, 2021
Framed through Kenneth Burke’s famous parlor metaphor, this article considers how decisions related to citation are foundational to scholarly communication, with particular emphasis on qualitative research logics.
Elliott Kuecker
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