Introduction to Research Methods in the Era of the Internet Workshop

Nazarbayev University, Astana, Kazakhstan

Faculty members: Ronald LaPorte, PhD, Janice Dorman, PhD, Thomas Songer, PhD, Faina Linkov, PhD, Eugene Shubnikov, MD, Eugene Tseytlin,MSc, Philip LaFleur, MSc

Organizing committee: A. Sharman , Zh. Zhumadilov, R. Issayeva, Sh. Aska rova , Sh. Adambekov

Time	Activity	Lecture title	Room
9.00 – 9.50	Charles Gilman	Keynote: Science in Kazakhstan: From the Outside In	3.323
10.00 – 10.50	Tom Songer	Introduction to Biostatistics: Data Collection. Descriptive Statistics	3.323
11.00 – 11.15	Coffee break	Balcony 4^th floor 3^rd block
11.15 – 12.00	Philip la Fleur	Measures of Effect: An Introduction	3.323
12.00 – 13.00	Ron LaPorte	How to write a scientific paper https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pxP6uT-5HZs Video	3.323
13.00 – 14.00	Lunch	Cafeteria 5^th block
14.00 – 14.50	Faina Linkov	Epidemiologic transition	3.323
15.00 – 15.50	Ron LaPorte	Innovativeness and creativity Video	3.323
16.00 – 16.50	Eugene Tseytlin	Computer lab: reference management software (Endnote Zotero) and use of pubmed/google scholar	2.522
17.00 – 18.00	Group work: breakout sessions: Methods to test hypotheses	Rooms 3.310, 3.303, 3.328 and 3.330 Discuss study implementation (use multicenter setting, as appropriate)

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