Knowledge translation in biostatistics: A survey of current practices, preferences, and barriers to the dissemination and uptake of new statistical methods

Statistics in Medicine

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 805-818

  Pullenayegum, Eleanor M ^a,b   Platt, Robert W ^c   Barwick, Melanie ^a   Feldman, Brian M ^a,d   Offringa, Martin ^d   Thabane, Lehana ^e  

^a HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^e MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Biostatistics; Collaboration; Knowledge; Translation

Indexed keywords

BIOSTATISTICS; CANADA; COMPUTER PROGRAM; HUMAN; LEARNING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PERCEPTION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; PROCEDURES; QUESTIONNAIRE; TRANSLATIONAL RESEARCH; TRENDS;

BIOSTATISTICS; CANADA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HUMANS; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; TRANSLATIONAL MEDICAL RESEARCH;

EID: 84956744637     PISSN: 02776715     EISSN: 10970258     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/sim.6633     Document Type: Article

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