Short Term Support

Statistical support on a short term basis for a specific project. Short term support works best when investigators have well defined questions with relatively small datasets. Fees are based on the estimated workload required for the specific support activities requested. Situations for which short term support is available include but are not limited to:

• Developing research proposals.
• Defining and framing hypothesis.
• Selecting variable and measurement techniques.
• Developing a statistical analysis plan.
• Calculating sample size/power.
• Performing statistical analysis on a prepared data set.
• Preparing abstract or other presentations.
• Preparing manuscripts (either initial or for a resubmission, authorship policy applies).
• Developing pilot study designs.

After an investigator completes and submits the Common Intake Form, the BCCC will set up an initial meeting to discuss the specific project. After the initial meeting, the BCCC will then estimate the workload needed to complete the project and determine the associated fee for this support based on our estimate of the required work. This would be a one-time fee, requiring signing an Agreement for Support Form developed by the BCCC, and presented to the Principal Investigator with the estimated workload, and associated fees. This is a binding agreement between the BCCC and investigator/research team for BCCC support. This must be completed and signed by the investigator as well as the account holder who is providing the funding before any work will begin.

The estimate, and corresponding fees, will be revised if the investigator adds work, or if there are unexpected complications not disclosed originally (like messy data, additional data, design complexities, or complex hypotheses not initially discussed). It is very common for analysis projects to expand beyond the initial estimate of workload. If this is the case, the BCCC will communicate the need to expand the time devoted to the study, and additional fees will be requested in order to accommodate the changes to the original agreement.