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Research Techniques for the Health Sciences

ISBN: 9780205179244 | 020517924X
Edition: 2nd
Format: Hardcover
Publisher: Allyn & Bacon, Inc.
Pub. Date: 10/1/1996

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SummaryTable of Contents
Designed for upper-level Research Methods in Health, HPER, Education, or Allied Health courses and can also be used as a supplement for Research in Nursing courses. This updated and revised new edition expands on its unique case study approach. Real-life cases open the methodologic and ethics chapters and are used throughout the chapters as the primary example. All of the case studies are health oriented in school, community, and hospital settings involving students, teachers, physicians, nurses, and health science researchers. New chapters on analytic epidemiology, descriptive data analysis, and sampling have been added to this edition.
Forewordix(4)
Prefacexiii
1 What Is Research?
1(14)
Health Science Research
... MORE(1)
Using Science in the Quest for Knowledge
2(9)
Summary
11(1)
Suggested Activities
12(1)
References
13(2)
2 Considering Ethics in Research
15(24)
Case Study
15(1)
General Ethical Dilemmas in Human Research
16(2)
Justification to Experiment on Humans
18(1)
Vulnerable Target Groups: Children
19(3)
Informed Consent: Truthtelling and Deception
22(3)
Informed Consent and Double-Blind Studies
25(1)
Right to Privacy and Confidentiality
26(2)
Responsibility for Harmful Consequences
28(1)
The Duty to Continue a Successful Research Effort
29(1)
Therapeutic and Nontherapeutic Research
30(1)
Sponsored Research
30(1)
Publication of Unethical Research
31(1)
Research or Just a Look-See
31(1)
Role of the Institutional Review Board
32(3)
Case Discussion
35(1)
Summary
36(1)
Suggested Activities
37(1)
References
37(2)
3 Developing the Research Proposal
39(14)
Selection of the Problem
39(1)
Sources of Problems
40(2)
Statement of the Problem and Research Questions
42(1)
Subproblems
43(1)
Components Comprising the Setting of the Problem
44(1)
Formulation of Hypothesis
45(2)
Significance and Justification of the Problem
47(1)
Resume of Related Literature
47(1)
Proposed Research Procedures
47(1)
Budget Considerations
48(1)
Time Schedule
48(1)
Research Proposal Checklist
49(1)
Summary
49(1)
Suggested Activities
49(3)
References
52(1)
4 Critical Review of the Literature and Information Sources
53(14)
Purposes of the Review
53(2)
Steps in the Review Process
55(6)
The Computer Search
61(3)
Writing the Section on Related Literature
64(1)
Summary
65(1)
Suggested Activities
66(1)
5 Conducting Experimental Research
67(22)
Case Study
67(1)
Characteristics of Experimentation
67(1)
Control in Experiments
68(1)
The Hawthorne Effect--Controlling Situations
69(1)
Advantages and Disadvantages of the Experimental Method
70(1)
Internal and External Validity
71(5)
Constructing Experimental Designs to Control Variables
76(9)
Case Discussion
85(1)
Summary
86(1)
Suggested Activities
87(1)
References
87(2)
6 Survey Research
89(28)
Case Study
89(1)
Characteristics of Survey Research
89(1)
Survey Flow Plan
90(3)
Survey Design
93(1)
Data Collection Methods
94(5)
Computer Revolution in Survey Data Collection Methodologies
99(2)
Survey Sampling
101(1)
Questionnaire Design and Construction
102(5)
Cover Letter
107(1)
Pretesting and Questionnaire Revision
108(1)
Focus Groups
109(1)
The Delphi Technique
110(1)
Case Discussion
111(1)
Summary
112(1)
Suggested Activities
113(1)
References
114(3)
7 Sampling Techniques
117(22)
Case Study: A
117(1)
Case Study: B
117(1)
The Purpose of Sampling
118(1)
The Sampling Frame
118(1)
Sampling Techniques
119(6)
Sample Size
125(9)
Case Discussion
134(1)
Summary
135(1)
Suggested Activities
136(1)
References
137(2)
8 Qualitative Research
139(30)
Case Study
139(1)
Characteristics of Qualitative Research
139(4)
Theoretical Foundations
143(1)
Methods of Qualitative Research
144(13)
Techniques of Collecting Qualitative Data
157(6)
Analyzing Qualitative Data
163(3)
Using Computers in Data Analysis
166(1)
Case Discussion
167(1)
Summary
167(1)
Suggested Activities
167(1)
References
168(1)
9 Evaluation Research
169(34)
Case Study
169(1)
Introduction
169(1)
Purposes of Evaluation Research
170(1)
What Can Be Evaluated?
171(1)
Steps in Conducting Evaluation
171(4)
Evaluation Models
175(9)
Types of Evaluation Research
184(8)
Methodological Approaches to Evaluation Research
192(7)
Case Discussion
199(1)
Summary
199(1)
Suggested Activities
200(1)
References
200(3)
10 Conducting Historical Research
203(14)
Case Study
203(1)
The Meaning of Events: Historical Research
203(2)
Defining a Problem and Developing Hypotheses
205(1)
The Search for Historical Sources
206(1)
The Nature of Historical Sources
207(1)
Systematizing Historical Data
208(2)
Evaluation of Historical Sources
210(1)
Caveats for the Historical Researcher
211(1)
Writing the Historical Thesis or Dissertation
212(1)
Case Discussion
213(1)
Summary
213(1)
Suggested Activities
214(1)
References
215(1)
Suggested Readings
215(2)
11 Scaling
217(18)
Case Study
217(1)
Issues in Attitude Scaling
217(1)
Nominal Scaling
218(1)
Ordinal Scaling
218(1)
Likert Scaling
219(1)
Guttman Scaling
220(4)
Interval-Ratio Scaling
224(2)
Semantic Differential Scaling
226(1)
Factor Scaling
227(3)
Combined Techniques
230(1)
Case Discussion
230(1)
Summary
231(1)
Suggested Activities
231(1)
References
232(3)
12 Analytic Epidemiologic Studies
235(24)
Case Study 1: Cohort Study
235(1)
Case Study 2: Case Control
235(1)
The Nature of Epidemiology
236(1)
Analytic Methodologies in Epidemiology
236(2)
Cohort or Prospective Investigations
238(1)
Case-Control or Retrospective Investigations
239(2)
Establishing Causation
241(1)
Problems of Error
241(2)
Control in Epidemiologic Research
243(3)
Analysis of Results in Analytic Epidemiology
246(8)
Case Discussion
254(1)
Summary
255(1)
Suggested Activities
256(1)
References
257(2)
13 Analyzing and Interpreting Data: Descriptive Analysis
259(20)
Case Study
259(1)
The Meaning of Statistics
259(1)
Statistical Analysis and Data
260(2)
Descriptive Data Analysis Techniques
262(10)
Personal Computers and Information Delivery Systems
272(3)
Case Discussion
275(1)
Summary
275(1)
Suggested Activities
276(1)
References
277(1)
Specialized Computer References
277(2)
14 Analyzing and Interpreting Data: Inferential Analysis
279(18)
Case Study
279(1)
Inferential Analysis
279(1)
Testing Statistical Significance
279(4)
Inferential Data Analysis Techniques
283(5)
Nonparametric Tests of Significance
288(1)
Advanced Data Analysis Techniques
289(4)
The PC for Data Analysis
293(1)
Meta-analysis
294(1)
Case Discussion
295(1)
Summary
295(1)
Suggested Activities
295(1)
References
295(2)
15 Presenting the Data
297(22)
Case Study
297(1)
Table Presentations
297(6)
Table Format
303(4)
Figure Presentations
307(7)
Graphics and the Computer
314(1)
Case Discussion
315(1)
Summary
316(1)
Suggested Activities
316(1)
References
317(2)
16 Writing a Research Report
319(16)
The Report as a Communication Document
319(1)
Preliminaries
320(2)
Text or Main Body of the Report
322(9)
References
331(1)
Appendixes
331(1)
Writing Style
332(1)
Summary
333(1)
Suggested Activities
334(1)
References
334(1)
Appendix A: Common Statistical Procedures335(4)
Appendix B: Manuscript Considerations339(4)
Principal Theme and Journal Selection339(1)
Journal Guidelines for Authors340(1)
Organization340(1)
Writing341(1)
Submission of the Manuscript341(1)
The Review Process341(1)
References342(1)
Name Index343(4)
Subject Index347

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