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060			_aW 20.5 _b.P65 2008
100			_aPolgar, Stephen.
245		0	_aIntroduction to research in the health sciences / _cStephen Polgar, Shane A. Thomas.
250			_a5th ed.
260			_aEdinburgh : New York : _bChurchill Livingstone Elsevier, _c2008
300			_avii, 334 p. : _bill.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 301-303) and index.
505			_aMethods 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			_aBiomedical Research
650			_aResearch Design
700			_aThomas, Shane A.
942			_bDMC _cBK
999			_c14350 _d14350