ViPAR: a software platform for the Virtual Pooling and Analysis of Research Data.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Research studies exploring the determinants of disease require sufficient statistical power to detect meaningful effects. Sample size is often increased through centralized pooling of disparately located datasets, though ethical, privacy and data ownership issues can often hamper this process. Methods that facilitate the sharing of research data that are sympathetic with these issues and which allow flexible and detailed statistical analyses are therefore in critical need. We have created a software platform for the Virtual Pooling and Analysis of Research data (ViPAR), which employs free and open source methods to provide researchers with a web-based platform to analyse datasets housed in disparate locations.

Methods

Database federation permits controlled access

SUBMITTER: Carter KW 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4864874 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature