Introduction to research in the health sciences /

• Main Author: Polgar, Stephen
• Other Authors: Thomas, Shane A.
• Format: Book
• Language: English
• Published: Edinburgh ; New York : Elsevier, Churchill Livingstone 2008.
• Edition: 5. ed.
• Subjects: Investigación biomédica; Proyectos de investigación

Table of Contents:

• Methods and health research: discussion, questions, and answers
• Research planning
• Sampling methods and external validity
• Causal research and internal validity: discussion, questions, and answers
• Experimental designs and intervention studies
• Surveys and quasi-experimental designs
• Single case (n=1) designs
• Qualitative research
• Questionnaire design
• Interview techniques and the analysis of interview data
• Observation
• Measurement: discussion, questions, and answers
• Organization and presentation of data
• Measures of central tendency and variability
• Standard scores and normal curve
• Correlation: discussion, questions, and answers
• Probability and sampling distributions
• Hypothesis testing
• Selection and use of statistical tests
• The interpretation of research evidence: Discussion, questions, and answers
• Qualitative data analysis
• Presentation of health science research
• Critical evaluation of published research
• Synthesis of research evidence.