Asking the Right Questions.

Abstract

• • Appreciate the importance of a clear and focused research question • • To be able to use criteria such as PICO (Population, Intervention, Comparison, Outcome) to frame an answerable question • • Understand the need for primary and secondary questions and the process of refinement • • To understand what a hypothesis is and how it differs from the aims and objectives of a study • • Be aware of over-interpreting the findings, post-hoc assumptions and spurious associations • • Understand the answer and appreciate negative results