In The Field

Study Regarding Rare Blood Disorder

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Have you ever heard of Immune (Idiopathic) Thrombocytopenic Purpura (ITP) or Chronic Immune Thrombocytopenia? Being the incidence rate is only 2 out of 100,000, the odds are you have not. ITP exists when a person has an abnormally low platelet count for unspecified reasons. This can cause...

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Alzheimer’s: Are you effected?

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Alzheimer’s is a disease known to many. When we think of Alzheimer’s, most of us probably associate it with forgetfulness, loss of clarity, and inability to perform what were once simple tasks. And we would not be incorrect in our summary of symptoms. Based on...

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Let’s talk response rates!

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But, first let’s distinguish between response rates, incidence rates, completion rates and non-response . They are related, but not the same, and some clients use these concepts interchangeably, which lead to confusion in sample size and cost estimations. Response rates are usually calculated based on the...

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How Do You Build An Online Community?

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First generation web communities (Web 1.0) were anchored around gated communities like AOL.  Then they migrated into open communities like GeoCities (which had 38 million user pages before Yahoo! shut it down).  Most of those early communities offered chat rooms and some publishing tools.  Then...

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