It Starts! Gathering The “E” in EBC.

You know, the internet is a wonderful thing. As the thought of herding cats came to mind, I subsequently embellished it mentally with our mode of delivery. I thought to my self…”hmmm I wonder if there are any pictures of cats riding bikes on the internet.” Silly me to...

Blog Post #12 I Just Need A Gaggle or So

Getting Started Recruitment is never easy, and it seems we never get quite as many subjects as we like. This is the big advantage of a University setting, it’s a veritable gaggle of guinea pigs. No offense to the college student, but they’ll participate in just...

Blog Post #11 – Sample Size n’at

Subject’s Composition The next facet of preparing to launch our study is the issue of sample size & composition.  We need a suitable sample size (the number of test subjects or participants) and composition (the demographics and/or physical attributes or “profile”)...

Blog Post #10 Baseline & Performance Testing

Study Controls One of the next most important aspect of executing your research is having a way to accurately and consistently conduct the prescribed drills and record their results.  This is the proverbial “before and after”; also commonly referred to as “baseline”...