A Guide to Handling Biomedical Data

Abstract

Almost all medical research today involves the gathering, processing, analysis, and presentation of data. In some studies the data may be incidental and limited in quantity. In others, they may be voluminous and critical to the entire project. In particular, epidemiological studies 'are concerned with explaining the occurrence of disease in human populations and with exploiting explanations discovered for the development of methods to protect man against disease.' Medical surveys are a key step in most epidemiological studies and usually involve large amounts of data. For this reason the discussion which follows will focus on the role of data handling in medical surveys in order to illustrate typical procedures which may be used to help ensure the validity of the data and the conclusions drawn from them.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 1982
Accession Number
ADA123575

Entities

People

  • Richard See

Organizations

  • Naval Medical Research Center

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Analysis Of Variance
  • Biomedical Research
  • Computer Personnel
  • Computer Programs
  • Computers
  • Data Analysis
  • Data Processing
  • Data Science
  • Diseases And Disorders
  • Families (Human)
  • Information Processing
  • Information Science
  • Punched Cards
  • Statistical Analysis
  • Statistical Tests
  • Statistics
  • Surveys

Readers

  • Medical or Health Care Field.
  • Systems Analysis and Design
  • Theoretical Analysis.

Technology Areas

  • Biotechnology