Abstract
In the last three chapters I have outlined the more important principles of research design and illustrated some of these with examples from the literature of general practice. The ideal and the practical are not always the same and in this chapter I want to show some of the ways in which difficulties arise and how compromises are made. I will do this by describing the studies which were designed to explore the research interests introduced in Chapter 6. After a brief reminder of the thinking behind each project, each study is summarized using the profile:
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NUMERATOR (OR EVENTS)
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DENOMINATOR (OR POPULATION/SAMPLE)
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TYPE OF STUDY
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METHODS OF COLLECTING INFORMATION
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SIZE OF STUDY
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ETHICS
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FUNDING
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Howie, J.G.R. (1989). Six projects. In: Research in General Practice. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-2981-5_10
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