What We Do

The biostatisticians of the SDBC can work with you throughout the research process. We perform the following roles:

• Clarification of research hypotheses and study aims
• Assistance in the selection of the most appropriate study design and outcome measurements
• Sample size/power calculations to evaluate tradeoffs among sample size, power and the minimum detectable treatment effects
• Grant Application Writing
• Applications for resources from the Utah Clinical and Translational Science Institute (CTSI)
• Assistance with evaluating existing surveys or developing you own
• Advice regarding data collection methods
• Conduct of statistical analysis on existing data sets
• Guidance to clinical and translational researchers who wish to carry out their own statistical analyses
• Advise on collection and analysis of qualitative data
• Interpretation of results of data analyses
• Collaboration in writing statistical aspects of manuscripts
• When appropriate, facilitating contacts with other methodologists/researchers in the University community

In all of the activities of the SDBC, we endeavor to impart knowledge of study design and statistical principles to our clinical and translational science collaborators.