Embedding stakeholder preferences in setting priorities for health research: Using a discrete choice experiment to develop a multi-criteria tool for evaluating research proposals

• Published in: PloS one Vol. 18; no. 12; p. e0295304
• Main Authors: Taylor, William J., Tuffaha, Haitham, Hawley, Carmel M., Peyton, Philip, Higgins, Alisa M., Scuffham, Paul A., Nemeh, Fiona, Balagurunathan, Anitha, Hansen, Paul, Jacques, Angela, Morton, Rachael L.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Public Library of Science 07.12.2023; Public Library of Science (PLoS)
• Subjects: Clinical trials; Consumers; Discrete-time systems; Embedding; Experiments; Feasibility; Linear programming; Management; Medical research; Medicine, Experimental; Methods; Multiple criterion; Proposals; Research methodology; Research proposals; Resource allocation; Software; Stakeholders; Surveys; Weight; Australia

We determined weights for a multi-criteria tool for assessing the relative merits of clinical-trial research proposals, and investigated whether the weights vary across relevant stakeholder groups. A cross-sectional, adaptive discrete choice experiment using 1000minds online software was administere...