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Foundations of clinical research : applications to practice / Leslie G. Portney, Mary P. Watkins.

By: Contributor(s): Publication details: Upper Saddle River, N.J. : Pearson/Prentice Hall, 2015.Edition: 3rd edition, [revised]Description: xix, 892 pages : illustrations (some color), map ; 25 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780803646575
  • 0803646577
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 610.72/4 23
LOC classification:
  • R 850 .P837 2015
NLM classification:
  • W 20.5
Online resources:
Contents:
Concept of clinical research -- The role of theory in clinical resarch -- Ethical issues in clinical research -- Principles of measurement -- Reliability of measurements -- Validity of measurements -- Asking the research question -- Sampling -- Validity in experimental design -- Experimental designs -- Quasi-experimental designs -- Single-subject designs -- Exploratory research: observational designs -- Descriptive research -- Surveys and questionnaires -- Systematic reviews and meta-analysis -- Descriptive statistics -- Statistical inference -- Comparing two means: the t-test -- Comparing more than two means: analysis of variance -- Multiple comparison tests -- Nonparametric tests for group comparisons -- Correlations -- Regression -- Measures of association for categorical variables: Chi-Square -- Statistical measures of reliability -- Statistical measures of validity -- Epidemiology: measuring risk -- Multivariate analysis -- Data management -- Searching the literature -- Writing a research proposal -- Reporting the results of clinical research -- Evaluating research reports -- Appendices -- Statistical tables -- Relating the research question to the choice of statistical test -- Power and sample size -- Transformation of data -- Sample informed consent form
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Includes appendices, bibliographical references and index.

Concept of clinical research -- The role of theory in clinical resarch -- Ethical issues in clinical research -- Principles of measurement -- Reliability of measurements -- Validity of measurements -- Asking the research question -- Sampling -- Validity in experimental design -- Experimental designs -- Quasi-experimental designs -- Single-subject designs -- Exploratory research: observational designs -- Descriptive research -- Surveys and questionnaires -- Systematic reviews and meta-analysis -- Descriptive statistics -- Statistical inference -- Comparing two means: the t-test -- Comparing more than two means: analysis of variance -- Multiple comparison tests -- Nonparametric tests for group comparisons -- Correlations -- Regression -- Measures of association for categorical variables: Chi-Square -- Statistical measures of reliability -- Statistical measures of validity -- Epidemiology: measuring risk -- Multivariate analysis -- Data management -- Searching the literature -- Writing a research proposal -- Reporting the results of clinical research -- Evaluating research reports -- Appendices -- Statistical tables -- Relating the research question to the choice of statistical test -- Power and sample size -- Transformation of data -- Sample informed consent form

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