Writing dissertation and grant proposals : epidemiology, preventive medicine and biostatistics /

Competition for research funds in epidemiology, preventative medicine, and biostatistics has never been more intense and, at the same time, the grant application and review process at such agencies as the National Institutes of Health (NIH) is undergoing significant transformation. Writing Dissertat...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Chasan-Taber, Lisa (Author)
Corporate Author:	ProQuest (Firm)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Boca Raton : CRC Press, 2014.
Subjects:	Epidemiology > Research grants. Proposal writing for grants. Proposal writing in medicine. Public health > Statistical services > Research grants. Biomedical Research. Financing, Government > methods. Research > economics. Research Support as Topic. Writing. United States. Ebooks. Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book.

Table of Contents:

Ten top tips for successful proposal writing
Starting a dissertation proposal
How to develop and write hypotheses
Conducting the literature search
Scientific writing
Specific aims
Background and significance section
Summarizing preliminary studies
Study design and methods
Data analysis plan
Power and sample size
Review of bias and confounding
How to present limitations and alternatives
Reproducibility and validity studies
Abstracts and titles
Presenting your proposal orally
Choosing the right funding source
Submission of the grant proposal
Review process
Resubmission of the grant proposal.