Introduction to research in the health sciences / (Record no. 15163)
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| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| International Standard Book Number | 0443074291 |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| International Standard Book Number | 9780443074295 |
| 060 ## - NATIONAL LIBRARY OF MEDICINE CALL NUMBER | |
| Classification number | W 20.5 |
| Item number | .P65 2008 |
| 100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Polgar, Stephen. |
| 245 #0 - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | Introduction to research in the health sciences / |
| Statement of responsibility, etc. | Stephen Polgar, Shane A. Thomas. |
| 250 ## - EDITION STATEMENT | |
| Edition statement | 5th ed. |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. | |
| Place of publication, distribution, etc. | Edinburgh : New York : |
| Name of publisher, distributor, etc. | Churchill Livingstone Elsevier, |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc. | 2008 |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Extent | vii, 334 p. : |
| Other physical details | ill. |
| 504 ## - BIBLIOGRAPHY, ETC. NOTE | |
| Bibliography, etc. note | Includes bibliographical references (p. 301-303) and index. |
| 505 ## - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE | |
| Formatted contents note | Methods and health research -- Research planning -- Sampling methods and external validity -- Causal research and internal validity -- Experimental designs and intervention studies -- Surveys and quasi-experimental designs -- Single case (n=1) designs -- Qualitative research -- Questionnaire design -- Interview techniques and the analysis of interview data -- Observation -- Measurement -- Organization and presentation of data -- Measures of central tendency and variability -- Standard scores and normal curve -- Correlation -- Probability and sampling distributions -- Hypothesis testing -- Selection and use of statistical tests -- The interpretation of research evidence -- Qualitative data analysis -- Presentation of health science research -- Critical evaluation of published research -- Synthesis of research evidence. |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name entry element | Biomedical Research |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name entry element | Research Design |
| 700 ## - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Thomas, Shane A. |
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