Welcome to the PICOT Research Question Generator! My name is Eric Heidel, PhD, PStat, and I am a Professor of Biostatistics at the University of Tennessee Graduate School of Medicine (UTGSM) as well as an Accredited Professional Statistician. I have taught the PICOT (Population, Intervention, Comparator, Outcome, and Time) framework for creating research questions to thousands of medical professionals over the past 15 years (see About page; opens in new window). I created the PICOT Research Question Generator to help researchers create valid research questions using the PICOT framework.
You will be prompted below to choose one of four potential statistical objectives for your PICOT question. Then, you will enter text related to your PICOT question into text boxes that reflect each of the five PICOT components. Finally, you will click on a button and the PICOT Research Question Generator will present the following:
It should take you less than five minutes to complete the web form below. If you want to create a PICOT research question related to between-subjects, within-subjects, correlational, multivariate, interventions, prevention, prognosis, diagnosis, or etiology, please use the PICOT question examples page (opens in new window). You can also use the full version of the PICOT Research Question Generator, which will take you between 15-20 minutes to complete (opens in new window). Or, check out the page that shows how PICOT can be "mapped" onto 21 popular statistical tests by visiting the PICOT question and statistics page (opens in new window).
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What is the statistical objective of your PICOT research question? Choose an option below and then select the answers that best fit your statistical objective.
In the text box below, enter text describing the population for your study in general terms and click on the Submit button.
In the text box below, enter text describing the intervention that is being administered and click on the Submit button.
In the text box below, enter text describing the comparator that is being administered and click on the Submit button.
In the text box below, enter text describing the outcome that will be measured for in your study and click on the Submit button.
In the text box below, enter text describing the time frame for your study and click on the Submit button.
Click on the button below to generate your PICOT question, research hypotheses, independent and dependent variables, and statistical tests.