Introduction to Research : Understanding and Applying Multiple Strategies
ISBN: 9780323068543 | 0323068545
Edition: 4thFormat: Paperback
Publisher: Elsevier Science Health Science div
Pub. Date: 10/1/2010
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Bridge the gap between research and practice with DePoy and Gitlin's Introduction to Research: Understanding and Applying Multiple Strategies, 4 th Edition. This completely updated, user-friendly text helps you better understand not only the research process, but also research designs and their applications to the real world of clinical practice. Covering multiple research strategies (including both qualitative and quantitative research), it gives you a balanced approach to various research traditions, addressing the key issues that are emergin... MORE
| Introduction | |
| Research as an important way of knowing | |
| Essentials of research | |
| Thinking Processes | |
| Philosophical foundations | |
| Framing the problem | |
| Developing a knowledge base through review of the literature | |
| Theory in research | |
| Formulating research questions and queries | |
| Language and thinking processes | ... MORE |
| Design approaches | |
| Experimental-type designs | |
| Naturalistic inquiry designs | |
| Action processes | |
| Setting the boundaries of a study | |
| Protecting the boundaries | |
| Boundary setting in experimental-type designs | |
| Boundary setting in naturalistic designs | |
| Collecting information | |
| Measurement in experimental-type research | |
| Gathering information in naturalistic inquiry | |
| Preparing and organizing data | |
| Statistical analysis for experimental-type research | |
| Analysis in naturalistic inquiry | |
| Sharing research knowledge before the study | |
| Sharing research knowledge during and after the study | |
| Improving practice through inquiry | |
| Case study designs | |
| Reciprocal role of research & practice | |
| Stories from the field | |
| Appendix: Informed consent documents | |
| Glossary | |
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