Health science research : a handbook of quantitative methods / Jennifer K. Peat, with Craig Mellis, Katrina Williams, Wei Xuan.
Material type: TextPublication details: London : SAGE, c2002.Description: xiv, 313p. : ill. ; 24 cmISBN:- 9780761974024 (hbk.) :
- 9780761974031 (pbk.) :
- 0761974032
- 610.72 PEA
- R850
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Originally published: Allen & Unwin: Crows Nest, NSW.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
1. REVIEWING THE LITERATURE:- Improving health care delivery--Systematic reviews--Evidence-based practice--2. PLANNING THE STUDY:- l. Study design--2. Random error and bias--3. Blinding and allocation concealment--3. CHOOSING THE MEASUREMENTS:- 1. Outcome measurements--2. Confounders and effect modifiers--3. Validity--4. Questionnaires and data forms--4. CALCULATING THE SAMPLE SIZE:- 1. Sample size calculations--2. Interim analyses and stopping rules--5.CONDUCTING THE STUDY:- 1. Project management--2. Randomisation methods--3. Data management--6. ANALYSING THE DATA:- 1. Planning analyses--2. Statistical methods--7. REPORTING THE RESULTS:- 1. Repeatability--2. Agreement between methods--3. Relative risk, odds ratio and number needed to treat--4. Matched and paired analyses--5. Exact methods--8. APPRAISING RESEARCH PROTOCOLS:- 1. Designing a study protocol--2. Grantsmanship--3. Research ethics.
Organised into eight chapters, Health Science Research is designed as a research, reference and study tool. Each chapter covers a specific aspect of conducting a research project in the health sector.