Research In Health Care - Concepts, Designs And Methods

List of contents

"Acknowledgements
Part One: Fundamentals
1. Introduction
2. Basic Concepts And Principles
Part two: Formulating Ideas For Research
3. Posing research Questions
Part Three: designing And Executing A Study
4. Basic Elements Of Design Research
5. Designing An Exploratory Study
6. Designing A Descriptive Study
7. Designing An Explanatory Study
8. 8sampling
9. Validity, Reliability And Allied Concepts
Part Four: Presenting And Analysing Data
10. Recording And Organizing Data From Exploratory Studies
11. Analysing Data From Exploratory Studies
12. Presenting Data From Descriptive And Explanatory Studies
13. Analysing Data From Descriptive And Explanatory Studies: Principles
14. Analysing Data From Descriptive And Explanatory Studies: Procedures
Part Five: More Specialized Issues
15. Issues In Questionnaire Design And Attitude Measurement
16. Single Instance Research
17. Systematic reviews, Meta-Analysis And Measures Of Treatment Effect
18. Analysing Data From Descriptive And Explanatory Studies: Further Principles And procedures
References
Appendix 1: Case Studies
Appendix 2: Analysis Of Variance: Models
Index
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Summary

This comprehensive book emphasises the importance of evidence-based practice. Covering the essential stages in research, from posing the right questions, to the methods for collecting, presenting and analysing data. Qualitative and quantitative data are examined in detail to help the researcher to choose the most appropriate technique.

Product details

• Authors: Julius Sim, Julius Sim, Sim Julius, Chris Wright
• Publisher: Cengage Learning
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 06.11.2000
• EAN: 9780748737185
• ISBN: 978-0-7487-3718-5
• Dimensions: 190 mm x 22 mm x 245 mm
• Weight: 810 g
• Subjects: Fiction > Gift books, albums, perpetual calendars, postcard booklets; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > General; Medical research, MEDICAL / Health Care Delivery, MEDICAL / Research, Health systems & services, Health systems and services