What is the expected budget for preparation of a data set, and what components should be included in it?
The budget for preparation of a data set is dependent on the size and complexity of the study data. In general, the staff involved would include a statistical programmer to review the data and perform any actions needed to conform to the NHLBI policy, support or other staff to review documentation and create electronic versions suitable for new investigators to use to conduct analyses, and a biostatistician or other investigator to manage the overall effort. In brief, informed consents would need to be reviewed to determine patients or subjects eligible for inclusion in a data set and whether or not commercial/noncommercial use versions of the data are required (see Other Questions #2). The review of the data would include looking at frequency distributions of data fields that involve visually identifiable traits (such as height and weight) or traits that are reasonably discernible through a casual knowledge of a study subject (such as education, marital status, income), traits of a se
