We provide guidance for research methodology in life sciences.
Planning studies
- Designing laboratory studies with required number of replicate samples, standards and precision estimates
- Sampling schemes for field studies, determination of sample size, effect size and power of the study
- Designing questionnaires of various types; epidemiological, environmental, social, cultural etc.
- Planning Pilot surveys
Exploratory data analysis
- Data screening and Detection of outliers
- Graphs, Parametric and nonparametric statistical tests
Advanced statistical analysis
- Linear and non-linear models
- Epidemiological models
- Multivariate models
- Time series models
Specialized statistical testing
- Testing the efficacy of a treatment with adjusting for biological variation
- Survival curves for micro organisms
- Deciding optimum conditions for microbial growth
Sample studies
- Effect of physical parameters on removal of toxicity from effluents
- Deciding optimum conditions for microbial growth
- Predicting iron and zinc bioavailability from vegetarian meals.
- Extent of error in the estimates of micronutrient contents from nutritive value tables of raw foods
- Developing micronutrient adequacy score in Indian adolescents
- Devising Knowledge assessment scores for Osteoporosis and cardio-metabolic risk.