Marian Abraham

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How to do a meta analysis--defining a model?

Hi, I wanted to know the fundamental basics of a meta analysis. I have read up and found many diff methods being applied to answer a given research question. I want to understand the below: 1....

21 July 2020 4,602 5 View

Advanced analysis of summary data of 2 different surveys?

Hi, I am doing a state wise comparison of nutrition related data of 2 different surveys and I am using their state wise estimates. I have raw data for only 1 data set and I understand that I...

21 January 2020 8,648 3 View

Recommendation on research on Bangladesh/South Asian programs on breastfeeding/nutrition <1 year child?

Hi, I am looking for references on nutrition interventions in south asian nations like Bangladesh and Sri Lanka (mostly nutrition sensitive/preventive approach) to reduce growth...

06 January 2020 7,681 8 View

Suitability of Poisson Regression?

Hi, I am looking at dietary diversity (7 food group score data) as a dependent variable and with 2 continous and 2 categorical variables as independent variables.. Is poisson regression okay for...

15 May 2019 7,000 5 View

When to use Nominal Variable in linear regression?

Hi, I want to use a nominal variable with 4 categories (who accompanied the mother in hospital) in a multivariate linear regression model that uses 3 other continuous IV. Please let me know if...

11 April 2019 3,102 2 View

Interpretation of Dummy Variable ?

Hi, I have done a linear model with 3 IV including female dummy on weight for height Z score.. I need help with understanding the effect of coeff value (positive value) with regards to intercept...

07 November 2018 7,660 3 View

Suggestions on Stimulation & Preschool Malnutrition?

Hi, I want to conduct a mental development test on Indian tribal SAM/MAM children (7 months-5 yrs) who visit a facility for inpatient care .. The objective is to link level of nutritional...

13 October 2017 766 1 View

Parental Attitude Survey_Nutrition ??

Hi, I am looking to administer a nutritional attitudinal survey to parents (mostly uneducated) regarding their knowledge of diet and nutrition.. My main objective to examine faults in attitudes...

13 October 2017 1,364 5 View

Social Causes for Sickle cell Anemia in Tribals?

Hi, I am interested in understanding why children from Scheduled Tribes (ST) and other socially backward communities ( apart from genetic, lack of awareness, medical reach) tend to have higher...

29 August 2017 3,657 3 View

Sociology of medicine_Social Constructionism

Hi, I am looking for some basic readings so that I could develop a questionnaire to understand social meanings, dynamics and notions of health conditions in tribal community. If there any readings...

07 August 2017 8,127 3 View

Number of Observations for each category of independent variable for logistic regression?

Hi, If there is a binary/nominal dependent variable and one wants to do a logistic regression analysis. In that case, for a given categorical predictor, how many minimum observations are...

01 January 1970 6,059 3 View