Methods Based upon themes drawn from in-depth interviews of key research stakeholders, we undertook cross-sectional, online surveys (November 2014 to January 2015) of; CTUs, public funders and industry in the UK. Observed response rates were: 55% (30/55) CTUs, 68% (17/25) industry, and 41% (86/212) public funders. We employed Rating Scale Modelling [5] to rank the perceived importance of barrie...

Most good quantitative analysis begins with data exploration. However, when there are many variables how can one summarise and compare cases in terms of all values? The first two Principal Components are often plotted which can, for example, reveal clusters. However, implementation and interpretation of such a method requires a moderate level of statistical skill and there is no guarantee that ...

THE ‘Doha Development Agenda’ of November 2001 puts poverty-reducing economic growth at the centre of the WTO’s considerations. If the development focus of the Doha Round is to be a meaningful operating principle, then the overriding task of the round must be to ensure that the liberalisation agreements promote development in poor countries. In practice this means prioritising reforms which yie...

Abstract = findings" Key Phrase "Key Phrase = group" Age Group "Age Group = Adulthood" Population "Population = Human" Population Location "Population Location = US" Publication Type "Publication Type = Empirical-Study" mean performance of both models averaged over the datasets. For example, once a user has read the first 60% of the prioritised articles using the one reason model, they have see...

Prioritising candidate genes for further experimental characterisation is an essential, yet challenging task in biomedical research. One way of achieving this goal is to identify specific biological themes that are enriched within the gene set of interest to obtain insights into the biological phenomena under study. Biological pathway data have been particularly useful in identifying functional...