Health care research by degrees /
N. Reid.
- Oxford : Blackwell Scientific Publications, 1993.
- xii,162p. : ill. ; 24cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
1. The Whys and Wherefores of Health Care Research-- Why research?--Professionalism and research --The disciplinary roots of health research --The shape of the book --2. Starting Out in Research --Choosing the topic and formulating the problem --Literature review and theory context --Stating aims, objectives and research hypotheses --Choice of methodological approach and design of the study -- Resources, ethics, communications and access --Construction of instruments--Pilot study and data collection--Data preparation and analysis --Presentation of findings --Evaluation --Care processes and research --3. A Taxonomy of Research Designs-- Research traditions and three types of research-- Is the scientific approach \'purer\'?-- Research designs in detail --True-experimental designs --Quasi-experimental designs --Non-experimental designs --Terminology --4. Techniques of Research Design --Randomization --Sampling-- Reliability --Validity --Three case studies --5. Preparing Data for Analysis --Levels of measurement -- Discrete and continuous variables --Data preparation --Using a computer--6. Quantitative Analysis: Descriptive Statistics --Missing values, cleaning and validating --Descriptive analysis: a strategy --7. Quantitative Analysis: One- and Two-Sample Tests--The logic of significance tests --Some widely used tests --Single mean/median tests --Two sample mean/median tests --8. Quantitative Analysis: Association and Correlation --The Pearson product moment correlation coefficient --The Spearman ranked correlation coefficient --The Chi-square test --9. Analysing Qualitative Data-- Quantifying qualitative analysis --The Delphi technique --A case study of qualitative analysis--10. Presentation and Evaluation --Presentation --Writing style --Planning the report--Oral reports --Evaluation.
Evaluating the methodologies of research in the health care profession, this book provides techniques of design, collection and analyses of data and the writing of reports. The skills are presented in an integrated way, leading the reader through the various stages in a logical manner.
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