Biostatistics - Resources
Resources for Investigators
Practical guidance for preparing for statistical collaboration and getting your data ready for analysis.
Preparing Your Data for Analysis
Well-structured data allow us to spend more time answering scientific questions and less time resolving preventable data problems.
Using REDCap
When appropriate and permitted by the study protocol and IRB, we strongly encourage investigators to consider structured data-collection systems such as REDCap.
Designing the database with the eventual analysis in mind can prevent data-quality problems and make downstream analysis substantially more efficient.
Whenever possible, talk with us before data collection begins.
Authorship & Acknowledgment
Biostatisticians are scientific collaborators. Authorship should reflect the nature and extent of the individual's contribution to the research and manuscript and follow accepted authorship guidelines.
When a Biostatistics Core team member contributes sufficiently to meet authorship criteria, authorship should be discussed as part of the collaboration.
Projects using the Biostatistics Core also require acknowledgment of the Cancer Center and applicable support grants.