• Question: how long does it take u to finish one project? (on average)

    Asked by emz96 to Pete, Rebecca, SallyB, Sally, Sian on 19 Jun 2010 in Categories: .
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      Sian Lawson answered on 15 Jun 2010:

      Full projects normally take about three years, but they are made up of a set of milestones on the way. Of course it can be anythign from a day to ten years. We have one project that I’ve just joined that has been running since 1947, called the Thousand Families project.

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      Sally Barber answered on 15 Jun 2010:

      It really depends on the project. Most of mine have or will take about 2-3 years. There is one project that I am involved with called the Born In Bradford Study which studies babies when they are born and then again when the are children, teenagers and adults, so that’s a really long one.

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      Sally Fenton answered on 15 Jun 2010:

      It depends how many participants you want to take part in your study and collect results from and what you are looking at really. You can do short term studies where you only collect results from one person at one point in time (these are called cross sectional research studies) ..and can last from weeks to years depending on how many people you want to take part in your study (the less people the shorter the time).

      You can also do long term studies where you follow people for a long period of time (can be anything from a few months to a few years) and collect results from them at lots of different time points. For example, you could have a study which lasts 5 years and you could collect results from the same person every 6 months.

      My studies will take about 2 years each to carry out as I will be recruiting around 300-400 people to take part in each project. You also have to take into account planning and designing the project and all the things that go on before you can actually collect results from people…this can take months! The project I have just started has taken me 9 months to plan and I will collect results from people for about 2 years. This will overlap with other projects I am doing aswell!

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      Peter Styring answered on 15 Jun 2010:

      Some projects can be over very quickly, say a couple of months. Others can go on for years. Some of the work I am doing now I started 25 years ago. I’m still doing it but the application of it has changed, from making materials for LCDs to making carbon capture agents and sports equipments. The principles are still the same.

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      Rebecca Randell answered on 19 Jun 2010:

      It depends what kind of study you are doing. My next study that i am currently planning will involve about 20subjects and they have to come into the 5times over a period of 2months so this study will probably take me about 4-5months to complete.

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