Can an academic advisor require that an experiment shows a positive result?

08 September 2014 9,379 0 View

Can a dissertation be written on a pilot study?

I realize that pilot studies usually precede the full dissertation study, but the full study will take years to complete, and the write-up has to be completed in the next two years. So I am...

09 October 2012 1,528 3 View

Should/could I use confidence interval in reporting my data or is p-value sufficient?

I tested 90 undergrads in anxiety and memory before and after an intervention. The memory scores were improved with a p-value of 0.0134. I don't know how representative my 90 subjects were of...

05 June 2012 7,124 18 View

How to report stats?

Let's say a control group scores 50% on a test and the experimental group scores 75%. Is that an increase of 25% (as 75 is 25 more than 50), or an increase of 50% (as 75 is 50% more than 50). My...

31 December 2011 1,750 1 View

Reporting stats

I am using the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI) which gives values from 20-80. My experimental group had mean of 26.1, the control group had 29.6. (p=0.146). Would that be a reduction of...

31 December 2011 6,597 3 View

Would adding books published in Lambert Publishers increase my RG impact?

There are some books published in LAP. Shall I add it to the RG?

02 March 2021 2,753 1 View

Which period is considered as study period in research?

Is that starting from proposal development to result writeup or just from data collection to result writeup and reporting (publishing)?

28 February 2021 910 2 View

What role should journals play in leading academic fields?

A recent paper by Yeung and Thomas (2021) on journals in event management opens up an interesting debate on the role of journals as academic fora. They demonstrate that event management publishing...

28 February 2021 3,494 6 View

Where can I find public datasets with Covid-19 patient information?

Hi, I'm looking for public datasets that have CT, X-ray information, or medical records for patients with Covid-19. Does anyone have suggestions?

28 February 2021 4,760 3 View

How to get rid of somebody pretending to be the author of a publication?

One of the publication I co-authored has the author's name in abbreviation. Then, somebody whose nothing to do with that paper acquired it as her work. To whom in this RG shall I ask for a hand,...

27 February 2021 4,206 4 View

Can I put a figure that was drawn by Bio-Render in publication paper?

I want to publish paper in journal but I have figures which have drawn with bio-renders, can I put them in the paper or which other software I can use to draw them?

27 February 2021 8,179 1 View

Why is My firend's profile not visible?

Hello, I created a profile for my friend on google scholar. I have added a verified email address. I marked the profile as public. Formerly his profile was visible. However, now, When I type his...

24 February 2021 8,680 3 View

How was your experience with Biomedical and Biotechnology Journal?

How was your publication experience with BBRJ in terms of peer review and reviewer comments. Did you find it fair and transparent ?

23 February 2021 3,810 6 View

How to minimise the risk of being abused the profile of potential participants tagged in a social media post?

Dear colleagues, I got this one in one project I did ethics review. It's great to hear about your thoughts/experiences. "Doing an open recruitment online (i.e., via Facebook) requires public...

22 February 2021 3,322 3 View

Research Gate Does it help researches to publicize their scientific work ?

In my opinion, the RG site is useful in solving scientific problems and shows the researcher's ability. Besides, the separation of the H-index from the self-citations and the overall index is an...

22 February 2021 3,894 6 View