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Quantitative health research : issues and methods /
This text, edited by a well respected team at TCD, addresses the need for a book covering the practicalities of doing quantitative research as part of professional practice, in a field where many texts either cover qualitative and quantitative research together or focus on qualitative methods.
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Maidenhead, Berkshire, England :
McGraw-Hill Education,
2013.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Quantitative Health Research Issues and methods; Quantitative Health ResearchIssues and methods; Praise for this book; Contents; Notes on contributors; Acknowledgements; List of tables; Introduction; PART 1 Philosophy, theory, research problems and research questions; 1 Philosophical basis for research; 2 The importance and use of social theory inhealth care research; 3 Identifying research priorities; 4 Writing research questions and hypotheses; PART 2 Ethical considerations; 5 Ethical principles in health care research; 6 Communicating with research ethics committees.
- 7 Recruiting samples from vulnerable populationsPART 3 Quantitative research designs; 8 Designing and conducting quantitative research studies; 9 Sampling issues in health care research; 10 Planning and conducting surveys; 11 Quasi-experimental and retrospective pretest designs for health care research; 12 Audit in health care; 13 Evaluation research; PART 4 Measurement and datacollection; 14 Using cognitive interviewing in healthcare research; 15 Questionnaires and instruments for health care research; 16 Issues and debates in validity and reliability; PART 5 Analysing and presenting data.
- 17 Understanding probability18 Analysing data from small and large samples and non-normal and normaldistributions; 19 Secondary data analysis; 20 Presenting your research findings; Index; Advert; Backcover.