How do clinical researchers generate data-driven scientific hypotheses? Cognitive events using think-aloud protocol.

Xia Jing Brooke N Draghi Mytchell A Ernst Vimla Lodhia Patel James J Cimino Jay H Shubrook Yuchun Zhou Chang Liu Sonsoles De Lacalle

Published in: medRxiv : the preprint server for health sciences (2023)

Our work suggests secondary data analytical tools and visualization may facilitate hypothesis generation among inexperienced clinical researchers regarding the number of hypotheses, average time, and the cognitive events needed per hypothesis.

Keyphrases

randomized controlled trial
electronic health record
big data
mass spectrometry
artificial intelligence