What Brain-PAD means, and what it does not
How brain age is estimated from MRI, why age-bias adjustment matters, how reliable it is, and what a positive Brain-PAD can and cannot say.
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How many participants? Sample size for imaging and digital-test studies
What drives sample size, three worked cases for imaging, reliability and agreement studies, when to simulate, and what grant reviewers look for.
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Evaluating a digital cognitive test: reliability, agreement and fairness
How to evaluate a digital cognitive test: reliability, practice effects, agreement, accuracy, norms, fairness and the medical-device boundary.
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Glossary of research terms
Plain definitions of 30 terms used across our pages, from Brain-PAD and ICC to tolerance intervals.
Our focus: analysis for health research
Cedar Kestrel supports research teams with defined questions, clear methods and reproducible reporting.
Brain health beyond amyloid and tau
A research highlight: white matter injury, brain aging, and cognitive decline beyond amyloid/tau.
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Cedar Kestrel Applied Sciences Inc. was incorporated in Manitoba on September 10, 2026.
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