Key concepts in medical and behavioral research
By: by Fred Leavitt.
Publisher: Jain Pub. Co; Jain Pub.
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Fremont, Calif
Language: eng
Number of pages: 174
ISBN-13: 9780875730981
Subjects: Medicine, Experimental; Social sciences -- Research; Research -- Methodology
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Science; title: What is science?; title: Basic and applied science; title: Scientists versus data collectors; title: Science as the search for absolute truth; title: Measurement; title: Variables; title: Operational definitions; title: Reliability; title: Sensitivity; title: Criterion and construct validity; title: Nonreactive measures; title: Surrogate measures; title: Research designs; title: Overview; title: Correlational designs; title: Experiments; title: Experimental versus correlational designs; title: Strengths and pitfalls of the different designs; title: Factorial designs; title: Making sense of the literature; title: Replication; title: Generalization; title: Conflicts of interest; title: Publication bias; title: Key concepts in medical and behavioral research; title: Data analysis; title: Statistical significance testing; title: Between and within group variability; title: Additional notes on data analysis; title: Relationship between data and theory; title: Additional issues; title: Nature/nurture studies; title: Ethical issues.