SNJ ASSOCIATES RESEARCH NEWS AND INFORMATION WEEKLY DIGEST May 9, 2016 This week’s digest takes a look at a patient health data and privacy concerns UK PATIENT HEALTH DATA AND GOOGLE DEEPMIND To all our readers, we are very interested in how you feel about your personal health data being shared? Specifically, for our UK visitors, if you [...]
An SNJ Associates Series: Research Methodology Issue 2: Variables in Quantitative Research Methodology In the second issue of our series titled: ‘Research Methodology’, we are taking a look at the definition of a variable in quantitative research along with different types of variables common to quantitative research methodology. We define both the independent and […]
SNJ ASSOCIATES RESEARCH NEWS AND INFORMATION WEEKLY DIGEST APR 25, 2016 This week’s digest takes a look at a very interesting car (road) safety initiative from Australia For readers new to our website today, welcome! You picked an excellent day to pop by. At SNJ Associates, we are constantly searching, scanning, and reviewing an enormous amount [...]
An SNJ Associates Series: Research Methodology Issue 1: Quantitative Versus Qualitative Approaches Let’s start at the beginning… We are very excited today to launch the first issue in our new series examining quantitative, qualitative and mixed methodology approaches to completing research. This series is created and presented to our site visitors, who are new […]
SNJ ASSOCIATES RESEARCH NEWS AND INFORMATION WEEKLY DIGEST APR 11, 2016 This week’s digest takes a look at Zika Virus and Acute Disseminated Encephalomyelitis, or ADEM Research presented yesterday (April 10, 2016) in Vancouver, Canada at the American Academy of Neurology conference by a Brazilian research team suggests that “there is strong evidence that this epidemic [...]
SNJ ASSOCIATES RESEARCH NEWS AND INFORMATION WEEKLY DIGEST APR 4, 2016 This week’s digest takes a look at the issue of medical errors Medical Errors In 2011, during a speech in the British Parliament, David Cameron, the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom made a public apology regarding medical malpractice and referred to the situation [...]
SNJ ASSOCIATES RESEARCH NEWS AND INFORMATION WEEKLY DIGEST MAR 21, 2016 This week’s digest takes a look at the issue of the open and free access to academic literature in the UK UK Open Access to Academic Literature Lately, we've had various discussions at SNJ Associates regarding the accessibility of academic literature for everyone, not [...]
SNJ ASSOCIATES RESEARCH NEWS AND INFORMATION WEEKLY DIGEST MAR 07, 2016 This week’s digest takes a look at the issue of the open and free access to academic literature The Debate About Free & Open Access to Academic Literature The concentration of academic publications over the years has resulted in what Lariviere refers to as [...]
Classification of Research ~Levels of Evidence The classification of research and the terms ‘Levels of Evidence’ along with more recent ‘Evidence Based Guidelines’ were discussed as far back as the mid-1960’s and continued into the 1980’s. The conversation was an attempt to standardize and formalize the classification of research information used across disciplines. The process changed [...]
SNJ ASSOCIATES RESEARCH NEWS AND INFORMATION WEEKLY DIGEST FEB 29, 2016 This week’s digest takes a look at what is being discussed about sugar-tax Will A Sugar Tax Reduce Obesity? The Discussion About a Sugar-Tax to Reduce Rising Obesity Rates. Obesity rates across the globe have increased by more than two-fold in 30 years. The [...]