An introduction to research for primary dental care clinicians: part 7: stage 8. Collecting data.

An introduction to research for primary dental care clinicians part 8: stage 9. Analysing the data.

INTRODUCTION This paper, the eighth in the series, will address the ninth stage of a research project suggested in the first paper. The ten suggested stages are: 1. The initial idea (asking a research question). 2. Searching the literature. 3. Refining the research question. 4. Planning the study. 5. Writing a protocol. 6. Obtaining ethics approval and funding. 7. Piloting the project a...

An introduction to research for primary dental care clinicians Part 2: Stage 4. Planning the study.

Introduction In the first paper in this series,1 the ten stages in a research project (listed below) were identified and the first three were addressed. They are the initial idea (asking a research question), searching the literature and refining the question. 1. The initial idea (asking a research question). 2. Searching the literature. 3. Refining the research question. 4. Planning the study....

An introduction to research for primary dental care clinicians part 3: stage 5. Writing a protocol.

INTRODUCTION This paper, the ninth and final one in the series, will address the tenth and final stage of a research project suggested in the first paper. The ten suggested stages are: 1. The initial idea (asking a research question). 2. Searching the literature. 3. Refining the research question. 4. Planning the study. 5. Writing a protocol. 6. Obtaining ethical approval and funding. 7. ...

An introduction to research for primary dental care clinicians part 5: stage 6b. Obtaining funding.

Introduction This paper, the fifth in the series, will address the sixth of the ten stages of a research project suggested in the first paper. The ten suggested stages are: 1. The initial idea (asking a research question). 2. Searching the literature. 3. Refining the research question. 4. Planning the study. 5. Writing a protocol. 6. Obtaining ethical approval and funding. 7. Piloting the metho...

An introduction to research for primary dental care clinicians part 4: stage 6a. Obtaining ethical approval.