Help with writing

• Advice on preparing manuscripts (.PDF)
• Strategies for writing (.PPS)

Primers on interpreting information

• Evaluating Statistics
• Evaluating Study Designs
• Special Topics
• Complete Compendium of Primers (.PDF)

Data sources

• Readily available federal databases

Natural history of invasive breast cancer

• Appendix: Illustration of staggered cohort method used to calculate the relative rate (screened group vs. control group) of being diagnosed with invasive breast cancer

Osteoporosis disease definition

• NHANES Sample Selection (.PDF)
• Hip Fracture Life Table (.XLS)
• Appendix: Calculation of hip fracture by bone mineral density (.PDF)

Data collection instruments

   Medical Data Interpretation Test

• Medical data interpretation test (.DOC)
• Medical data interpretation test (.PDF)

   Academic Medical Centers Advertising

• AMC Marketing Department Semi-Structured Interview (.DOC)
• Advertisement Coding Form (.DOC)

   Media reporting of scientific meeting research

• News story coding scheme (.PDF)
• Additional guidance for coders (.PDF)

Software

• STATA file to create distribution "turnip" graphs
• Turnip graph instructions