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Appendix A: Communications Between the Panel and the NCS Program Office
Pages 135-144

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From page 135...
... These questions focused on the sample design. The primary purpose of this set of questions was to facilitate discussion during the panel's first meeting and to inform the Program Office that the panel was interested in seeing detailed descriptions of proposed methodologies and data used in justifying decisions.
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From page 136...
... On November 23 the panel's study director reminded NCS of the panel's need for cost information, stating that cost data are critical to the assessment of the NCS proposed design of the Main Study because cost is cited by NCS as the rationale for key decisions. In response to cost questions, NCS stated that Program Office staff had met with the panel's cost consultants and had given them all the required information.
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From page 137...
... . Other Information The Program Office provided the panel with background documents prepared for the three meetings of the NCS Advisory Committee that were held in the time frame of the panel's activities (NICHD 2013a, 2013c, and 2014b)
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From page 138...
... Second response stages in Vanguard cited greater operational flexibility, Study, including easier to find a replacement should assessment of sample a sampled hospital decline. representativeness: No additional details provided.
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From page 139...
... ; for (1) exposure or outcome with and prevalence to justify reformulated in NICHD defined prevalence fits within sample size; (2)
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From page 140...
... cost estimate; no additional details provided. Some cost information provided verbally to NICHD (2013d, pp.
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From page 141...
... Second response women) said unique exposures sample only Sample of nulliparous one of multiple options.
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From page 142...
... and sample allocation tested/planned in the Vanguard details; (2) process used Study and are possible measures General description of to select domains and to be collected in the Main Study." content and content subdomains and related Table shows only categories of development process: measures (Vanguard measures (environmental sample, NICHD (2013b, pp.
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From page 143...
... study is the way to best Useful detail about address health disparities recruitment by demographic category from Vanguard Study: NICHD (2013d, pp.
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From page 144...
... 6) Main study field work anticipated main study to begin in fiscal year 2015; no additional details provided.
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