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Data recycling: using existing databases to increase research capacity in speech-language development and disorders
Laura M Justice1, Allison Breit-Smith, Margaret Rogers
1The Ohio State University, Teaching and Learning, 1945 North High, Arps Hall, Columbus, OH 43210, USA. Justice.57@osu.edu
Purpose:
This clinical forum was organized to provide a means for informing the research and clinical communities of one mechanism through which research capacity might be enhanced within the field of speech-language pathology. Specifically, forum authors describe the process of conducting secondary analyses of extant databases to answer questions of relevance to speech and language development and disorders.
Method:
This prologue defines the concept of secondary analysis of databases and provides an overview of each of the articles that make up the forum.
Conclusion:
Researchers invested in addressing basic and applied problems of relevance to speech and language services in schools can make use of a variety of extant databases to increase research capacity.
