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Research Participation Core
Introduction:
The RPC was created to assist IDDRC investigators, especially those
studying human behavior, in recruiting research participants and
performing behavioral assessments. Additionally, the RPC has
recently expanded its services to include specialized computer
programming applications and advanced statistical analysis consultation and
support.
Goals:
The RPC is designed to anticipate the needs of IDDRC investigators
as well as new directions in behavioral research on human
development and developmental disabilities. The RPC
offers a cost-effective means of accomplishing the recruitment,
behavioral characterization, and collection and analysis of date for
studies of special populations.
Objectives:
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Recruitment
of Research Participants
The RPC engages in outreach on behalf of IDDRC
investigators and develops and maintains participant registries that provide
an efficient means of contacting large numbers of potential human
participants from several specialized populations.
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Behavioral
Assessment
The RPC conducts assessments of human research participants that
require specialized clinical training and expertise; maintains a
library of standardized tests and other tools for assessing
various dimensions of human behavioral functioning; and maintains
and coordinates use of specialized accessible behavioral testing
space.
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Specialized
Computer Programming Applications
The RPC makes it possible for researchers to use computerized
applications to interrogate aspects
of behavior and behavioral development. The RPC also develops databases
and specialized data entry and manipulation procedures.
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Advanced Statistical
Analysis
Assists investigators as they become familiar with newly emerging
analytic techniques, encounter unusual circumstances in their data, or pose questions for which current techniques must be adapted or
their boundaries clarified prior to use.
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