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Fidelity tutorial

Tutorial and additional information to the publication:

The unrecognized role of fidelity in effectiveness-implementation hybrid trials: simulation study and guidance for implementation researchers. Trutschel et al. BMC Medical Research Methodology (2023) 23:116. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12874-023-01943-3

Tutorial accessible online here: https://ins-basel.github.io/fidelity-tutorial

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How to work on this repo?

1. Clone the repo

2. Open the file fidelity-tutorial.Rproj

3. Install the following packages - they are needed for the following steps to work:

   install.packages(c("renv", "quarto"))

   3b) you also need to install quarto (i.e. a next-generation Rmarkdown-application). The newest version of RStudio comes bundled with quarto 1.0.36 (you can run quarto check in a Terminal (not the console)) or you can download the newest quarto version here:
   https://quarto.org/docs/download/

4. Call renv::restore() to initiate a local isolated project-library (to ensure everyone works with the same packages and versions).

5. The tutorial is patched-together according to info in the _quarto.yml -file. Addition or deletion of chapters are signaled there.

6. Call quarto render in a Terminal to render and quarto previewto get a preview of the book.

7. Save, commit, and push to remote!

8. If you have installed additional packages, call renv::snapshot() to add these to the lockfile, so that others can do 4) on their machines and have the same packages and versions as you do. Thanks!

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