High-level Concepts

High-Level Concepts

Events
Periods
- Study phases
- Protocol phases
Sequence of events
Study designs
Research types
Methods
Stakeholders
- Participants
- Investigators
- Monitors
- Sponsors
Populations
Variables
- Independent variable
- Dependent variable (responding variable)
  - Outcome
Digital and paper artifacts
Protocol
Protocol application
- Assessments
  - Experimental assays
  - Observations
    - Physical exam
  - Interview
  - Self-assessments
- Data analysis
  - Data partitioning
  - Data transformation
  - Data pooling
  - Data summarization
  - Reliability
  - Correlation
- Specimen processing
  - Procurement
  - Specimen partitioning/purification
  - Specimen storage
Measurement scale
- Nominal
- Ordinal
- Interval
- Ratio
Participant characteristic (phenotype)