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Health science research : a handbook of quantitative methods / Jennifer K. Peat, with Craig Mellis, Katrina Williams, Wei Xuan.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: London : SAGE, c2002.Description: xiv, 313p. : ill. ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 9780761974024 (hbk.) :
  • 9780761974031 (pbk.) :
  • 0761974032
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 610.72 PEA
LOC classification:
  • R850
Contents:
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.
Summary: 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.
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Item type Current library Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode
Long Loan TUS: Midlands, Main Library Athlone General Lending 610.72 PEA (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 127590

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.

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