Assignment:
The article is: Adjuvant chemoradiotherapy and chemotherapy in resectable pancreatic cancer: a randomised controlled trial
By: J P Neoptolemos, J A Dunn, D D Stocken, J Almond, K Link, H Beger, C Bassi, M Falconi, P Pederzoli, C Dervenis, L Fernandez-Cruz, F Lacaine, A Pap, D Spooner, D J Kerr, H Friess, M W Büchler for the members of the European Study Group for Pancreatic Cancer
THE LANCET - Vol 358 - November 10, 2001
Using descriptive and ANOVA statistical methods, please provide input / critique of the journal article in the following areas:
- Description of the problem under study
- The participants and relevant characteristics
- A description of the research design
- Findings with appropriate significance levels
- Conclusion and implications for future research and/or applied work
- literature review that establishes the nature of the problem to be addressed in the present study
- Purpose of the present study
- Specific hypotheses or research questions to be addressed.
- The participants and the population they are intended to represent
- The number of participants and how the participants were selected
- How the research design was executed. Can it be replicated?
- Description of the measures used
- Description of the results of all statistical tests
- If there are tables and figures, are they also described in the text
- If there are tables and figures, can they be interpreted "stand alone"
- A simple and easy to understand summary of what was found
- The limitations of the study
- Was the study worthwhile?
- Was it well-written and clear to those who may not have as much background in the content area or in statistical design?