Abstract #301870

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JSM 2003 Abstract #301870
Activity Number: 297
Type: Contributed
Date/Time: Tuesday, August 5, 2003 : 2:00 PM to 3:50 PM
Sponsor: Social Statistics Section
Abstract - #301870
Title: Determining the Level of Statisticians' Participation in Canadian-Based Research Ethics Committees
Author(s): Lehana Thabane*+ and Aaron M. Childs and Amanda LaFonteine
Companies: Center for Evaluation of Medicine/Biostatistics and McMaster Univ and McMaster University
Address: 105 Main St. East, Hamilton, ON, L8N 1G6, Canada
Keywords: research ethics committees ; statisticians ; Canada
Abstract:

The role of Research Ethics Committees (RECs) includes the assessment of ethical and scientific validity of research and guarding the safety and protection of research participants. In determining the scientific validity of the research, input from a statistician can be very helpful to assess research designs, determination of sample sizes, and methods of analysis. However, there is little or no information on the level of participation of statisticians in Canadian-based RECs. We report of the findings of a national survey of Canadian-based RECs. The primary outcome of this study is to determine the level of participation of statisticians in RECs as measured by the proportion of RECs with statisticians in their membership.

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