Reporting Results

Now that you’ve successfully conducted your study, it’s time for you to share your findings in a way that best complements your research. The resources here are meant to help guide you through processes related to publishing your results and/or transforming your research into innovation.

Data Analysis 

• Learning Statistics 
  • Statistical Methods Resources 
    • This resource provides information on how to choose the correct statistical test, and provides resources on regression analysis, survival analysis, and causal inference. 
  • Regression Methods 
    • Welcome to the course notes for STAT 501: Regression Methods. These notes are designed and developed by Penn State's Department of Statistics and offered as open educational resources.
  • Biostats4You
    • Carefully selected and vetted training materials especially suited for a non-statistician audience.
• Everything you need to know about R
  • This guide provides access to tutorials, books, and learning communities to help you use R.
• Why use Python
  • Tim Young from CIC (Curtin Institute of Computation) talks about the use of Python at the ‘Tools for Data Analysis: an overview of SPSS, NVivo, R and Python’ session that was held at Robertson Library.

Data Analysis - Quantitative Tools 

• Statistical Analysis Software (SAS)
  • SAS is an integrated software suite for advanced analytics, business intelligence, data management, and predictive analytics. You can use SAS software through both a graphical interface and the SAS programming language, or Base SAS.
  • GW Affiliates may request a copy of SAS.
• IBM SPSS - Getting Started
  • IBM SPSS is a software package used for statistical data analysis.
• Stata
  • Stata is a software package used for statistical data analysis.
• PASS
  • PASS software provides sample size tools for over 1030 statistical test and confidence interval scenarios.
• NCSS
  • NCSS software provides a complete and easy-to-use collection of hundreds of statistical and graphics tools to analyze and visualize your data.

Data Analysis - Qualitative Tools

• Test/Survey/Measurement Tools
  • This guide provides sources for Tests, Measurements, and Survey Response Tools.
• NVivo Online Tutorials 
  • This video series provides NVivo tutorials in a variety of languages (English/French/Portuguese/Spanish/German/Chinese). 
• ATLAS.ti Demo and Methodology Webinars 
  • Register for a free demo webinar that provides a 60-minute overview of ATLAS.ti.
• The Heath Equity Measurement Framework: A Comprehensive Model to Measure Social Inequities in Health
  • The objective of this paper is to present the Health Equity Measurement Framework, which was specifically designed to measure the direct and indirect effects of social determinants of health to support improved statistical modelling and measurement of health equity
• Using Qualitative Methods to Promote Health Equity 
  • This article highlights the critical role that qualitative research can play in considering and incorporating a diverse array of contextual information that is difficult to capture in quantitative research.

Writing a Manuscript

• Writing and Publishing a Scientific Article
  • This guide is designed to assist early career researchers with scientific writing.
• Ten Simple (Empirical) Rules for Writing Science
  • This article outlines “Ten Simple Rules” for writing an effective scientific paper.
• Writing as an Engineer or Scientist 
  • Penn State provides online lessons and exercises to learn how to write as an engineer or scientist. 
• Writing a Research Abstract
  • This guide is designed to assist early career researchers with abstract writing.
• Gender-Inclusive Language Guidelines
  • Learn how to write in a gender-inclusive way.
• Equitable Research Communication Guidelines 
  • This document shares five guidelines for equitable research communication.

Publish Your Research

• Scholarly Publishing
  • A guide to scholarly publishing and scholarly communication activities at Himmelfarb Library.
• Beware Predatory Publishing
  • Learn about common tactics of predatory publishers and why predatory publishing is harmful.
• Publisher Resources for Early Career Researchers
  • This guide is designed to assist early career researchers with research and publication related questions.
• Find a Journal Tool - (JANE)
  • Journal/Author Name Estimator (JANE) uses titles, abstracts, and keywords to find the best matching journals.
• Racism within Scholarly Publishing
  • This guide shares racist research systems and practices, followed by resources for mitigating those problematic systems and practices, but it acknowledges that this is not a solution to the issues of racism embedded in research.
•  Apply an Antiracism Framework in Scholarly Publishing
  • This article introduces the toolkits and explains why an antiracist framework is essential to transforming scholarly publishing.

Share Findings

• Promoting your research
  • Thinking of publishing? This guide contains everything you need to know about the publishing lifecycle, copyright, self-archiving, and promoting your research.
• Dissemination and Implementation of Pragmatic Trial Results
  • This Living Textbook reflects a collection of special considerations and best practices in dissemination and implementation of pragmatic clinical trials.
• Advice on Giving a Scientific Talk
  • This article outlines important aspects of developing, preparing for, and conducting a scientific talk.
• How Not to Give a Scientific Talk
  • This article enumerates various pitfalls that scientific speakers encounter when giving an oral presentation.
• Tips on Designing Conference Posters
  • A guide to designing and presenting engaging conference posters.
• Measuring your Impact
  • This guide contains in-depth information on Bibliometrics (traditional metrics), and Altmetrics (alternative metrics), as well as links to other emerging means of quantifying scholarly impact.
• Preprints for early release of research findings
  • A guide to all things preprint related.
• Share Results to Local Community
  • This article outlines the importance of submitting data to the local community.
• Share Results to Participants
  • This article discusses why reporting research findings to participants is an ethical imperative.

Resources

• Poster and Presentation Resources
  • Resources to improve academic poster presentations.
• Research Poster Templates
  • The Children’s Brand Online portal now has customizable CTSI-CN research poster templates in 4x4 and 4x8 sizes. Each template offers multiple layout and logo options – all customizable for you and your project.
• Guidelines to an Inclusive Presentation
  • This article provides guidelines around cultural and linguistic communication and accessibility when designing and presenting presentations.
• Toolbox for Using Gender-Inclusive Language in English 
  • This toolbox contains a set of training materials, activities, and resources for individuals looking for ways to better understand how to use gender-inclusive language principles in English. 

Institutional Contacts

• GW Writing Center
  • The GW Writing Center offers free, peer-based support to students and faculty from across the university.
• Research Launcher
  • The CTSI-CN Research Launcher is a resource designed to help anyone involved in clinical and translational research find the support they need to advance their research. Our Navigators will guide you through the Research Launcher process and connect you with the expertise, resources, tools, and services needed to accelerate your research.