Check out this article, Searching for Clarity: A Primer on Medical Studies, from the New York Times (published September 30, 2008) by Gina Kolata. The article provides an overview of medical research and three basic principles for understanding medical findings from clinical trials.
The article also includes a link to “How to Read a Medical Study (Skeptically).”
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Searching for Clarity: A Primer on Medical Studies
September 30th, 2008 · No Comments
Tags: Research Data · Responsible Conduct of Research
Nature Introduces “Creative Commons” License for Reuse of Genome Papers
December 31st, 2007 · No Comments
Nature recently announced that genome papers will now be licensed under a “Creative Commons” license to “. . . encourage research and development and to maximise its benefit to society.”
Tags: Open Access · Publishing Models · Research Data
Ear and Hearing Allows Authors to Comply with the NIH Public Access Policy
November 27th, 2007 · No Comments
Ear and Hearing recently announced that it will allow authors to comply with policies set forth by funding agencies that stipulate that publications generated by agency-funded research be publicly available. Authors who publish in Ear and Hearing can submit their post-print (the author’s final version that reflects changes made as a result of the peer review process) to an [...]
Tags: Author Rights · NIH Public Access Policy · Open Access · Research Data
Does Sharing Research Data Increase Impact?
October 30th, 2007 · No Comments
“Sharing Detailed Research Data is Associated with Increased Citation Rate“ documents a study of cancer microarray clinical trial publications in which a correlation between publicly available microarray data and increased literature impact was found.
Tags: Impact Factors · Intellectual Impact · Open Access · Research Data




