1. The project standards and procedures for health care project

2. Standards and Procedures for Team Performance in health care technology research
Code of conduct
Standard for health care project terminology
Meetings
Change control procedures
Risk management (McDowell & Newell 8).

3. Standards and Procedures for Cost
Organizing the work
Project monitoring
Project accounting
Cost/schedule analysis (McDowell & Newell).

4. Hypotheses
The specific purpose stated in terms of a tentative prediction in health care.
explanation of the relationship between two or more variables.
A prediction of the answer to the research question.

5. Resources Inadequate setting for spacious operation.
support staff for fast service
lab equipment for better operation
Restricted access to patient population

6. Data collection Measurement:
The assignment of numbers to objects according to specified rules to characterize quantities of some attribute
This can range from a very simple relationship between variables and number
Age
Satisfaction
Quality of life).

7. Cont…
Scale:
A composite measure of an attribute, consisting of several items that have a logical or empirical relationship to each other
Quality of Life
Patient Satisfaction
General Well Being
Social Support

8. Experimental units Criteria for Instrument Selection
Objective of the study
Definitions of concept and measuring model
Reliability: degree of consistency with which an instrument or rater measures a variable
internal consistency
test-retest reproducibility,
inter-observer reliability.
Validity: degree to which an instrument measures what it is intended to measure (McDowell & Newell 67).

9. Study Rationale Ask yourself:
1. Will this study generate new knowledge?
2. Will the study benefit patients, advance understanding or influence policy?
3. Will the study fill gaps in existing knowledge or resolve current controversies?
In this section, you are arguing why your study should be done. Granting agencies may have specific high priority areas. Be sure to explain how you study fits into those areas. Keys to Success ∗ Positive answer to question 2 and/or 3 above ∗ Fits in the granting agency’s terms of reference/mandate

10. The population for generalization
Estimate subjects required to answer the research question (Bowling 34).
The sample size calculation will indicate whether the study is feasible.
Treasure the reviewers that not only is the study feasible.

11. Sampling technique and randomization
Goals of the Randomization Technique (Bowling 23).
∗ True random allocation
∗ Tamperproof
∗ Allocation concealment
Methods of randomization
∗ Drawn from a hat
∗ Random number table
∗ Computer generated

12. Components of the Hypothesis-based Sample
Size Calculation (Bowling 65).
1. Type 1 error (α): falsely rejects null hypothesis ∗ Usual risk 0.05
2. Type 2 error (β): falsely accepts null hypothesis ∗ Usual risk ∗ Study’s power = 1-β

13. Works cited
McDowell I, Newell C. Measuring Health, 2nd Edition. New York, Oxford University Press, (Review of health measurement methods and instruments)
Bowling A. Measuring health. A review if quality of life measurements scales. Milton Keynes, Philadelphia, PA: Open University Press 1991.