Is there any method to estimate sample size in KAP study?

how is the sample size for KAP health surveys estimated?

05 June 2018 960 1 View

How to generalize a survey done for a specific sample?

I have done a survey among 600 elderly living in old age homes. The sample size was estimated using prevalence of previous study and the sample was selected using cluster random sampling. 4...

04 May 2018 7,938 4 View

Can we changed the manuscript title when it comes to us back for revision?

I have received revision for a manuscript i submitted to a journal...I had done a survey among elderly population in randomly selected 4 districts...the sample size was 600 and was selected from...

04 May 2018 7,546 4 View

How to overcome plagiarism during manuscript preperation?

While I checked plagiarism for my manuscript write up online some of the definitions I quoted is shown as plagiarised. I have quote World health Organisations definition which cannot be altered.....

01 February 2018 7,241 4 View

EMBASE V/S SCOPUS. Are both the same?

Can someone tell me top 5 databases(excluding PUBMED) for medical indexed journals. I would also like to know about EMBASE indexed journals. EMBASE V/S SCOPUS. Are both the same?

11 December 2017 6,504 1 View

What kind of fluid could I use for a pitfall trap that also does not invalidate molecular testing?

Hi, I want to start testing pitfall trap to obtain ants samples, but I need to conduct molecular analysis on those insects. So, what kind of fluid can I use? Ethanol expires too early and I need...

03 March 2021 5,978 5 View

Good sites to recruit survey participants on a grad school student budget?

Any good recommendations for participant recruitment for online surveys on a grad school student budget?

02 March 2021 4,293 4 View

How optimize the Size Exclusion Chromatography?

Hello! I'll do a size exclusion chromatography, but I only have an open column, and I'll perform the peptide extraction from yeast, using buffer lysis (sodium phosphate 50 mM/NaCl 30 mM/DNAse and...

01 March 2021 2,215 2 View

Would fecal samples stored at -20C for over a year impact metagenomic analysis?

Dear All, I have access to some rodent fecal samples that have been stored at -20C instead of -80C. Anyone have experience with the impact of stowage condition on comparative metagenomic analysis...

01 March 2021 2,512 1 View

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01 March 2021 3,905 5 View

What test should I use to compare two or three means, if data is not normally distributed but sample size is > 30 in each group?

I personally feel this as a most confusing question. As per my understanding, if sample size is > 30, and sample is skewed, we can still use paramteric approach, as it will follow Z...

01 March 2021 1,587 6 View

Is it necessary to report effect size (ES) in statistics of biomedical research given that we already report p values routinely?

Pls share your thoughts

01 March 2021 7,330 4 View

Does different dilution factors affect negatively on NH3 reading ?

I have a sample of treated water sample & asked to obtain ammonia conc. in sample using a machine with 5-25 ppm detection range. However, upon testing with different dilution factors, all...

27 February 2021 8,483 3 View

How to compare 2 samples recruited with different sampling methods?

If I want to compare characteristics of 2 groups of patients, one group is recruited from a random sample of the general public while another group is from a sample with a fixed gender (male to...

26 February 2021 3,526 3 View

Can random sampling have inclusion criteria?

As random sampling means that everyone in the population have an equal chance to be chosen, can it have inclusion criteria? My research participants have been chosen based on the inclusion...

26 February 2021 6,905 10 View