Objective

Operative planning typically involves the following steps:

Defining the objective: The first step is to clearly define the goal or objective that needs to be accomplished.

Breaking down the objective: Once the objective is defined, it needs to be broken down into smaller, more manageable tasks.

The goal of a Study.

The introduction justifies the study and describes the objectives. It identifies current knowledge gaps and anticipates how the study results may close those gaps. The methodology used and the diagnostic hypothesis should also be described in this section. The hypothesis or superiority trial represents the objective of the study to reject the null hypothesis (x = y) in favor of the alternative hypothesis (x is different from y).

In the introductory section of the manuscript, the reviewer will immediately develop an idea of the clinical question of the study to be validated. The introduction justifies the study and describes the objectives. It identifies current knowledge gaps and anticipates how the study results may close those gaps.