Research writing in dentistry
By: J. Anthony von Fraunhofer
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell; Wiley-Interscience
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Ames, Iowa
Language: eng
Number of pages: 187
ISBN-13: 9780813807621
Description: "How to Do Research and Write It Up provides its readers with a uniquely practical guide to selecting, designing, and writing up a research project. Of particular use to the dental student, both pre- and post-doctoral, this is a no-nonsense guide that presents concrete advice and information that can be absorbed quickly and effectively. By asking simple questions, the useful book enables readers to develop, analyze and present a program of research work. How to Do Research and Write It Up begins with the basic principles of research: what it is and how to select a topic and plan a program. It then moves on to discuss study design, methods and materials, presenting results and undertaking a literature review. It concludes with a section on basic statistics and analysis. Precepts and guidance are illustrated throughout with examples from dentistry"--Provided by publisher.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: What is research?; title: Research planning; title: Performing research; title: How to design a research study; title: Non-bench Research; title: Sources of Error and Avoiding the "Whoops" Factor; title: Reports, dissertations and scientific papers; title: Introduction and Literature review; title: Methods and materials (experimental); title: Results; title: The discussion; title: Conclusions; title: The abstract; title: Writing style and technique; title: Getting published; title: Basic statistics; title: Data and data distributions; title: Averages (measures of central tendency); title: Measures of dispersion; title: Probability and the Normal curve; title: Presentation of data; title: Comparing sample means; title: Student's t-test; title: Analysis of variance; title: Power analysis; title: Multiple comparisons; title: Chi square test; title: Correlation and regression; title: Weibull analysis; title: Ranking tests.