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| TITLE: |
Introduction to research in the health sciences / Stephen Polgar, Shane A. Thomas. |
| AUTHOR: |
Polgar, Stephen. |
| PUBLISHED: |
Edinburgh ; New York : Elsevier, 2008. |
| DESCRIPTION: |
vii, 334 p. : ill. ; 25 cm. |
| EDITION: |
5th ed. |
| NOTES: |
Includes bibliographical references (301-303) and index. |
| NOTES: |
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. |
| SUBJECT: |
Medicine --Research --Methodology. |
| SUBJECT: |
Biomedical Research --methods. |
| SUBJECT: |
Research Design. |
| ADDED ENTRY: |
Thomas, Shane A. |
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