Help Desk

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Problem Insufficient statistical capacity in
developing countries Result 1 Poor research
design and analysis Result 2 Limited scientific
publication
Solution A Train people in the US Difficulty
100,000 to train Ph.D. gt 50 stay in US Result
Impossible to build research capacity for budding
scientists in Developing countries
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Solution 2 Library of Alexandria help research
design Help Desk
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Help Desk A Service the provides information
and assistance concerning research methods
Academic Statistical Help Desk Typically local,
helping students in the University Industrial
strength Help Desk/Customer Service All major
industries, 1000s of queries per hour, global
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Brilliant scientific Idea
How do I test it?
Global BA Supercourse Help Desk for Research
design help
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Help Desk Model Client has a research methods
question BEFORE beginning work Email to country
help desk Difficult questions sent to Senior
Distinguished professors Help Desk aids in form
design When Data are collected aids in Guiding
the analysis
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Help your self One stop shop for Research
Methods free books, apps, youtube presentations.
Also gt500 research methods Powerpoint lectures
many translated into languages other than English
http//www.pitt.edu/super1/ResearchMethods/index.
htm.
If you would like a free copy of the research
methods site write to Super1_at_pitt.edu
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Iranian Help Desk In Persian In English
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We will only help those who contacted us before
collecting data (often clinicians come with
large, meaningless data sets, we will
avoid Garbage in and Garbage out)
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Future directions mHelp Desk? Help Apps!!