Datasets and R Markdown files for the article "Survey on critical results management in Brazilian clinical laboratories: Profiling practices through multivariate analysis and a โNew Statisticsโ approach" submitted to Clinica Chimica Acta
Description
This repository contains supplementary materials related to the study "๐๐ฎ๐ซ๐ฏ๐๐ฒ ๐จ๐ง ๐๐ซ๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐๐๐ฅ ๐ซ๐๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ญ๐ฌ ๐ฆ๐๐ง๐๐ ๐๐ฆ๐๐ง๐ญ ๐ข๐ง ๐๐ซ๐๐ณ๐ข๐ฅ๐ข๐๐ง ๐๐ฅ๐ข๐ง๐ข๐๐๐ฅ ๐ฅ๐๐๐จ๐ซ๐๐ญ๐จ๐ซ๐ข๐๐ฌ: ๐๐ซ๐จ๐๐ข๐ฅ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐๐๐ญ๐ข๐๐๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ก๐ซ๐จ๐ฎ๐ ๐ก ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐๐ซ๐ข๐๐ญ๐ ๐๐ง๐๐ฅ๐ฒ๐ฌ๐ข๐ฌ ๐๐ง๐ ๐ '๐๐๐ฐ ๐๐ญ๐๐ญ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐๐ฌ' ๐๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐๐๐ก". The dataset, figures, exported results, and analysis scripts are included to ensure full transparency and reproducibility of the research findings.
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Steps to reproduce
To reproduce this study using the "Feature Priorizer" R Markdown tool, researchers should follow these steps: ๐) ๐๐๐ญ๐ ๐๐จ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง: Use the questionnaire provided in the study to collect responses from laboratories. Ensure that responses are recorded consistently to facilitate processing. ๐) ๐๐๐ญ๐ ๐๐ซ๐๐ง๐ฌ๐๐จ๐ซ๐ฆ๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง & ๐ ๐๐๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ ๐๐ง๐ ๐ข๐ง๐๐๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐ (๐๐๐ญ๐ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐๐ฉ๐๐ซ๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง): Convert the collected responses into structured features. In this study, 59 features were created, but additional features may be defined depending on the analytical context. Each feature should be encoded as a binary variable (Yes/No format) following the methodology applied in this study. To enhance interpretability and standardization, we recommend naming each feature using Lexical Blendsโformed by merging parts of two or more wordsโfollowing the approach used in this study. This helps create intuitive and meaningful labels for each feature. ๐) ๐๐๐ญ๐๐ฌ๐๐ญ ๐ ๐จ๐ซ๐ฆ๐๐ญ๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐ & ๐๐ซ๐ ๐๐ง๐ข๐ณ๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง: Save the dataset as an Excel file (.xlsx format) and place it inside the "1_Dataset" folder. Then, define: ๐.๐) The file name of the XLSX dataset; ๐.๐) The worksheet name (spreadsheet tab) within the file. ๐) ๐๐ข๐ฉ๐๐ฅ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐๐จ๐ซ ๐๐ฎ๐ง๐ง๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ "๐ ๐๐๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ ๐๐ซ๐ข๐จ๐ซ๐ข๐ณ๐๐ซ" ๐ ๐๐๐ซ๐ค๐๐จ๐ฐ๐ง ๐๐จ๐จ๐ฅ ๐.๐) ๐๐ฉ๐๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ ๐๐ซ๐จ๐ฃ๐๐๐ญ: Locate and open the Project_Critical_Results.Rproj file. This will launch RStudio with the correct working directory. ๐.๐) ๐๐ง๐ฌ๐ญ๐๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐๐๐ช๐ฎ๐ข๐ซ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ค๐๐ ๐๐ฌ: Open Install_packages.Rmd in RStudio; Click on "Knit" to install all required R packages. ๐.๐) ๐๐ฑ๐๐๐ฎ๐ญ๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ "๐๐จ๐ ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐ ๐๐ฑ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐๐ข๐ง๐๐ซ" ๐๐๐ซ๐ข๐ฉ๐ญ: Open Script_Logistic_Explainer.Rmd in RStudio; Click on "Knit" to execute the script and generate the output report.