Introduction to research in the health sciences
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Edinburgh New York :
Elsevier ,
2008
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| Edition: | 5th ed |
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Table of Contents:
- 1. Methods and health research: discussion, questions, and answers
- 2. Research planning
- 3. Sampling methods and external validity
- 4. Causal research and internal validity: discussion, questions, and answers
- 5. Experimental designs and intervention studies
- 6. Surveys and quasi-experimental designs
- 7. Single case (n=1) designs
- 8. Qualitative research
- 9. Questionnaire design
- 10. Interview techniques and the analysis of interview data
- 11. Observation
- 12. Measurement: discussion, questions, and answers
- 13. Organization and presentation of data
- 14. Measures of central tendency and variability
- 15. Standard scores and normal curve
- 16. Correlation: discussion, questions, and answers
- 17. Probability and sampling distributions
- 18. Hypothesis testing
- 19. Selection and use of statistical tests
- 20. The interpretation of research evidence: Discussion, questions, and answers
- 21. Qualitative data analysis
- 22. Presentation of health science research
- 23. Critical evaluation of published research
- 24. Synthesis of research evidence