does this count as research?

[ilovemedi]

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[Mount Sinai]

Yes. That is research. Usually, anything that supports its findings with statistics is considered research.

 

[Double Trouble]

I'm doing parkinson's research and mainly working with brain scans. Basically, i work to separate matter from non-matter and do other stuff with it... After that, my lab does a statistical analysis on the scans. The main issue is since I'm not at the PhD level, they end up running and forming the statistical results (p value and mapping).. and I basically try and understand the results : for example, with Parkinson patients, there is a thinning of a certain part of the brain..

I think this counts, but come interview time, for example, how am I suppose to explain the "running statistics" part when they're not including me in that part? I just understand the results of my part.

Mention that your role in the research did not cover that specific part.

 

[dmf2682]

Be able to explain concisely what you do and why.

 

[ilovemedi]

thanks for all the responses. So it's okay if I didn't have anything to do with one part of the research project? I'm definitely mentioning that my PI did that part and that I only got the results.

 

[Cinclus]

thanks for all the responses. So it's okay if I didn't have anything to do with one part of the research project? I'm definitely mentioning that my PI did that part and that I only got the results.

It's OK. Research is often a team effort involving several people contributing in different ways to a big project.

 

[StoicJosher]

Be able to explain concisely what you do and why.

This is the key. Know what you did, why you did it and (if applicable) what else you could've improved, changed etc.

 

[ilovemedi]

Thanks! But is it ok if I don't know how to run the "statistical part" my PI normally does (he uses different programs to run my brains)? Again, he just told me the end results: i.e. the so and so part of the brain diminished..

edit

sorry just read the above responses, about it being ok.. just being paranoid.