Empirical Research: Getting Started with Stata

Qualitative research: getting started.

As scientifically trained clinicians, pharmacists may be more familiar and comfortable with the concept of quantitative rather than qualitative research. Quantitative research can be defined as “the means for testing objective theories by examining the relationship among variables which in turn can be measured so that numbered data can be analyzed using statistical procedures”.1 Pharmacists may...

Getting started in clinical research.

Interestingly, when asked about careers in research, some hygienists associate these opportunities with “lab jobs” or “desk jobs,” leaving patient contact and clinical experiences behind. Basic science is a very necessary component of clinical research, but for those wanting to utilize their basic science training combined with clinical skills gained during practice, a career in clinical resear...

Getting started with qualitative research: developing a research proposal.

The aim of this article is to illustrate in detail important issues that research beginners may have to deal with during the design of a qualitative research proposal in nursing and health care. Cristina Vivar has developed a 17-step process to describe the development of a qualitative research project. This process can serve as an easy way to start research and to ensure a comprehensive and th...

Getting started with SMV

MODEL IMPLEMENTION COMPONENT REFINEMENT MAPS Figure 1: Re nement maps interfaces and structures in the low-level design. This makes it possible to verify small parts of the low-level design in the context of the abstract model. Thus, the proof obligations can be reduced to a small enough scale to be veri ed by model checking. SMV supports this methodology by allowing one to specify many abstrac...

Getting Started with Sequencel