Research techniques for the health sciences
By: James J. Neutens, Laurna Rubinson.
Contributors: Rubinson, Laurna.
Edition: 4th ed.
Publisher: Pearson/Benjamin Cummings; Benjamin Cummings
Published: 2010
Place of publication: San Francisco
Language: eng
Number of pages: 332
ISBN-13: 9780321596413
Subjects: Public health -- Research -- Methodology; Health education -- Research -- Methodology; Health promotion -- Research -- Methodology; Medicine -- Research -- Methodology; Public Health; Research -- methods; Data Collection -- methods; Health Education; Health Services Research; Research Design
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Table of contents: title: What is research?; title: Developing the research proposal; title: Critical review of the literature and information sources; title: Considering ethics in research; title: Conducting experimental and quasi-experimental research; title: Data collection through surveys and self-reports; title: Sampling designs and techniques; title: Qualitative research; title: Evaluation research; title: Analytical epidemiologic studies; title: Analyzing and interpreting data: descriptive analysis; title: Analyzing and interpreting data: inferential analysis; title: Techniques for data presentation; title: Writing a research report.