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RESEARCH PROJECT PREPARATION

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Find a planning guide or original evidence for your next research decision.

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Method choice

Choose the measurement question before the method

Prepare the information needed to discuss a suitable measurement approach.

Planning guide · Getting started
Use for: Compare possible methods
Reviewed:

  • State which biological question the measurements should address and which specimens are available.
  • Ask which compounds, units, detection limits and missing-value rules the proposed method reports.
  • Confirm specimen suitability and the actual deliverable before commissioning work. Selecting a specimen in the brief does not establish suitability.

Sources: Analytical Chemistry · 2021 · DOI 10.1021/acs.analchem.0c04686

Service scopePrepare a study brief

Study design

Prepare a study-design brief

Record the comparison, timing and unresolved design decisions before discussing a protocol.

Planning guide · Getting started
Use for: Prepare the first project conversation
Reviewed:

  • Describe the primary question, intended research use and comparison. Identify independent groups, paired specimens or repeated measurements where known.
  • Record collection timing, available specimen count, metadata and measurement progress; keep unknowns explicit.
  • Use the brief to list open questions. It does not calculate sample size or replace a study-specific analysis plan.

Planning tools and use boundaries

Service scopePrepare a study brief

Quality control

Ask how quality control will be reported

Make QC evidence and its interpretation part of the proposed deliverable.

Planning guide · Methods and analysis
Use for: Review a measurement scope
Reviewed:

  • Ask which controls, blanks or reference materials are proposed and how they relate to the study specimens.
  • Request the batch layout, drift checks, exclusions and repeat-work criteria in the agreed method and report.
  • Clarify which conclusions apply within this study. An illustrative chart or a published method is not evidence of the performance of a new project.

Sources: Analytical Chemistry · 2021 · DOI 10.1021/acs.analchem.0c04686

Service scopePrepare a study brief

Interpretation

Set the boundaries of interpretation

Agree what the analysis can support and what remains unresolved.

Planning guide · Methods and analysis
Use for: Agree an analysis or reporting plan
Reviewed:

  • Ask how the report will describe comparisons, uncertainty, missingness, confounding and multiple testing where relevant.
  • For a prediction-model study, distinguish development from validation and identify the reporting guidance appropriate to that study.
  • Keep research findings separate from clinical decisions. A reporting checklist does not itself validate a model or establish clinical utility.

Sources: TRIPOD+AI · reporting guidance

Service scopePrepare a study brief

Applications

Connect a research application to a decision

Describe the decision a funded research project is meant to inform.

Planning guide · Getting started
Use for: Assess project fit
Reviewed:

  • Explain whether the next decision concerns a hypothesis, a possible method, an existing dataset or a research collaboration.
  • Define the intended audience and the report or analysis they need; separate exploratory work from any later validation.
  • Discuss fit before sharing restricted materials. Eluma does not promise publication, diagnosis, regulatory acceptance or a clinical-risk score.

Planning tools and use boundaries

Service scopeDiscuss project scope

Project logistics

Prepare permissions, outputs and project logistics

Resolve practical scope and permission questions before work starts.

Planning guide · Getting started
Use for: Scope a research collaboration
Reviewed:

  • Bring a general description of the inputs, permitted use, budget responsibility, timing and desired outputs. Do not upload participant data or confidential datasets here.
  • Agree deliverables, acceptance, responsibilities, fees, payment milestones and input/output rights in the project agreement.
  • Do not ship specimens or transfer restricted data until the actual recipient, handling route and permissions are agreed. An inquiry receipt or proposal draft is not a signed agreement.

Planning tools and use boundaries

Service scopeDiscuss project scope

Method choice

Published quantitative metabolomics method

Read the 2021 Analytical Chemistry method paper behind the cited measurement example.

Publication · Methods and analysis
Use for: Inspect original method evidence
Reviewed:

  • The paper reports measurement of 324 metabolites and a historical liver-disease serum study with 1,234 samples.
  • These are publication-specific results, not a statement of current Eluma project performance, clinical validation or available laboratory capacity.

Sources: Analytical Chemistry · 2021 · DOI 10.1021/acs.analchem.0c04686

Service scopePrepare a study brief

These guides support research preparation. They are not a study-specific protocol, sample-size recommendation, assay-suitability assessment, medical advice or quotation.