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Informationen zum Autor Peter G Miller is NHMRC Howard Florey Fellow in the School of Psychology at Deakin University, Australia. He is Commissioning Editor for the journal, Addiction . John Strang is Professor of the Addictions and Director of the National Addiction Centre, University of London. He is also Clinical Director of the addictions treatment services at the South London & Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust. Peter M Miller is Professor of the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at the Medical University of South Carolina. He is Editor-in-Chief of the journal, Addictive Behaviors . Klappentext Addiction Research Methods' is a comprehensive handbook for health professionals, policy-makers and researchers working and training in the field of addiction. The book provides a clear, comprehensive and practical guide to research design, methods and analysis within the context of the field of alcohol and other drugs. The reader is introduced to fundamental principles and key issues; and is orientated to available sources of information and key literature. Written by a team of internationally acclaimed contributors, the book is divided into six major sections: Introduction; Research Design; Basic Toolbox; Biological Models; Specialist Methods; and Analytical Methods. Each chapter offers an introduction to the background and development of the discipline in question, its key features and applications, how it compares to other methods/analyses and its advantages and limitations. FEATURES List of useful websites and assistive technology. Case study examples List of useful hermeneutics Recommended reading list Contains exercises to help the reader to develop their skills. Zusammenfassung Addiction Research Methods is a comprehensive handbook forhealth professionals! policy-makers and researchers working andtraining in the field of addiction. The book provides a clear! comprehensive and practical guide toresearch design! methods and analysis within the context of thefield of alcohol and other drugs. Inhaltsverzeichnis List of contributors ix Acknowledgements xiii 1 Introduction 1 Peter G. Miller, John Strang and Peter M. Miller 1.1 Introduction 1 1.2 Where to start? 1 1.3 Does theory matter? 2 1.4 The literature review 3 1.5 Which method suits my question - is a screwdriver better than a saw? 4 1.6 Focus and structure of the book 5 1.7 Terminology 6 1.8 The need for a wider perspective and more careful selection of study design 8 Section I: Research Fundamentals 2 Reliability and validity 11 Gerhard Bühringer and Monika Sassen 2.1 Introduction 11 2.2 Background: Reliability and validity in addiction research 11 2.3 Reliability and validity in addiction research 16 2.4 Strengthening the quality of your results and conclusions: A brief checklist to improve reliability and validity 19 2.5 Summary 24 3 Sampling strategies for addiction research 27 Lisa Kakinami and Kenneth R. Conner 3.1 Introduction 27 3.2 Probability sampling 27 3.3 Non-probability sampling 32 3.4 Qualitative sampling 36 3.5 Selecting your sampling approach 37 3.6 Technical considerations 37 3.7 Conclusion 40 4 Experimental design issues in addiction research 43 Robert West 4.1 Introduction 43 4.2 What constitutes an experiment? 43 4.3 Is an experiment appropriate? 44 4.4 What kind of experimental design? 44 4.5 What intervention and comparison conditions? 48 4.6 What target population and recruitment strategy? 50 4.7 What sample size? 52 4.8 What outcome measures? 53 4.9 What statistical analyses? 55 4.10 Conc...
