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WEBThis tool will guide you through a series of questions to help you to review and interpret a published health research paper. You will also be given some guidance on how to work …

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What is the Understanding Health Research tool

WEBUnderstanding Health Research is a tool designed to help people understand and review published health research to decide how dependable and relevant a piece of research …

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Useful information

WEBUseful information. These pages contain introductions to some important concepts and skills that you may find useful when making sense of health research.

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How was Understanding Health Research developed

WEBThe aims of the tool are to: The tool was developed iteratively through continuous testing and feedback with a variety of audiences. We aim to continue to refine and evolve …

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What type of research is it

WEBResearchers use methods like surveys and analyses of routine data to find out how common health behaviours (e.g. smoking or drinking) or health conditions (e.g. …

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Understanding Health Research · How to read a scientific paper

WEBA good methods section gives the reader enough detail that they could repeat the study themselves in a way that is identical to the original in every relevant way, to see if they …

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Understanding Health Research · Other research designs

WEBModelling Studies: a type of research used in a wide variety of areas of science and health as a way to simulate some part of the world to help us understand how it is likely to …

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Common sources of bias

WEBCommon sources of bias. One of the main problems with scientific studies is that bias (the conscious or unconscious influencing of the study and its results) can make them less …

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Sampling methods

WEBResearchers use various different approaches to identifying the people they want to include in research. Here is a list of what those methods are, and why they might be used: …

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Scientific uncertainty

WEBThe core value underpinning science is the idea of being open to the possibility of new knowledge or information. This means that scientists often express a small degree of …

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Correlation and causation

WEBCorrelation is when two factors (or variables) are related, but one does not necessarily cause the other. Causation is when one factor (or variable) causes another. In the …

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Understanding Health Research · Use of statistics

WEBUse of statistics. In health research, researchers typically use statistics to determine two things: Statistical significance. Random chance can affect any study, and any …

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Do you have a copy of the original research article

WEBThis tool is designed to be used with scientific research articles, rather than media stories or other reports about research. You need to read the original research so that you can …

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Asking the right questions

WEBAsking the right questions. Researchers asking people questions as part of interview research, survey research or other types of research need to think carefully about the …

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Is it a trial, an observational study or a pilot study

WEBTrials use an experimental design to test treatments or interventions on a group of participants, while observational studies involve watching how participants react to …

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Are some types of evidence better than others

WEBTraditionally, in scientific research, some methods have been considered to be ‘better’ than others, or at least more useful for evidence-based decision making. Lists of methods …

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