Research
Welcome to the Research section. In this section you will find everything you need to begin interpreting research articles and discover how you can begin to undertake your own research projects.
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Resources
You may find the following websites useful in your research journey. While we have provided a comprehensive list, we recognise it is not always complete. If you have any recommendations please let us know by getting in touch.
NIHR is the UK's largest funder of health and care research. Visit their website to find out about career development, opportunities for funding and the latest research news.
HDRUK is currently uniting the UK's health data to enable discoveries that improve people's lives. Visit their website to find out more about their work.
The Equator Network is a one-stop-shop for writing and publishing. Their Library contains a comprehensive searchable database of reporting guidelines and links to other resources.
The Cochrane Handbook for Systematic Reviews is the official guide that describes the process of preparing and maintaining Cochrane systematic reviews for healthcare interventions.
Scribbr provides a comprehensive and easy to understand library of articles for understanding simple statistics.
Students 4 Best Evidence (S4BE) is a growing network of students from around the world who are interested in learning more about evidence-based health care
Datavizproject is designed by data scientists for data scientists. This resource offers advice on the different types of visualisations available for presenting research data.
The Data Visualisation Catalogue is a library of different information visualisation types. Explore how each visualisation works and what it is best suited for.
This is the digital companion site for the book 'Visualising Data: A Handbook for Data Driven Design'. It provides additional resources.
In this guide, Storytelling with Data share the good and the bad of commonly used charts and graphs for data communications.
Recommended Books
You may find the following books useful in your research journey. We recommend using Bookshop.org as it supports independent bookshops and increases author royalties.
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Failure: Why Science Is so Successful
Pursuit of science is not the rule-based, methodical system for gathering facts that dominates public view. Rather it is an idiosyncratic, often bumbling search for understanding in uncharted places.
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Letters to a Young Scientist
Edward O. Wilson has distilled sixty years of teaching into a book for students, young and old. He reflects on his past in twenty-one letters that illuminate his career―both his successes and his failures.
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Envisioning Information
Envisioning Information provides practical advice about how to explain complex material by visual means, with extraordinary examples to illustrate the fundamental principles of information displays.
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The Visual Display of Quantitative Information
A classic book on statistical graphics, charts, tables. View the best (and a few of the worst) illustrations of statistical graphics, with detailed analysis of how to display data for precise, effective, quick analysis.
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The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
A fascinating account of the life, and afterlife, of one woman who changed the medical world for ever. Balancing the beauty of scientific discovery with questions about who owns the stuff we are made of.
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How to Fix Your Academic Writing Trouble
This clear and accessible guide to decoding academic feedback will help you interpret what your lecturer or research supervisor is really trying to tell you about your writing-and show you how to fix it.
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A Handbook for Data Driven Design
With over 200 images and extensive how-to and how-not-to examples, this new edition has everything students and scholars need to understand and create effective data visualisations.
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Storytelling with Data
Storytelling with Data teaches you the fundamentals of data visualization and how to communicate effectively with data. Discover the power of storytelling and the way to make data a pivotal point in your story.
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Knowledge is Beautiful
Knowledge is Beautiful takes you through the world of visualized data and offers a deeper, more wide-ranging look at the world and its history. View expert visualisations at their best in this fascinating book.
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