| Description |
xvii, 412 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 24 cm |
| Contents |
Machine generated contents note: pt. 1 Philosophy, theory, research problems and research questions -- 1.Philosophical basis for research / Gary Rolfe -- 2.The Importance and use of social theory in health care research / Carmel Kelly -- 3.Identifying research priorities / Michelle Butler -- 4.Writing research questions and hypotheses / Maree Johnson -- pt. 2 Ethical considerations -- 5.Ethical principles in health care research / P. Anne Scott -- 6.Communicating with research ethics committees / Suzanne Guerin -- 7.Recruiting samples from vulnerable populations / Rhona O'Connell -- pt. 3 Quantitative research designs -- 8.Designing and conducting quantitative research studies / Elaine Pierce -- 9.Sampling issues in health care research / Gloria Crispino -- 10.Planning and conducting surveys / Susan McLaren -- 11.Quasi-experimental and retrospective pretest designs for health care research / Jonathan Drennan -- 12.Audit in health care / Corina Naughton -- |
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Contents note continued: 13.Evaluation research / Ruth Belling -- pt. 4 Measurement and data collection -- 14.Using cognitive interviewing in health care research / Jonathan Drennan -- 15.Questionnaires and instruments for health care research / Eileen Savage -- 16.Issues and debates in validity and reliability / Roger Watson -- pt. 5 Analysing and presenting data -- 17.Understanding probability / Slobhan Corrigan -- 18.Analysing data from small and large samples and non-normal and normal distributions / Orla Dempsey -- 19.Secondary data analysis / Delrdre Mongan -- 20.Presenting your research findings / Emma Stokes |
| Summary |
This book is a detailed and comprehensive guide to undertaking quantitative health research at postgraduate and professional level. It takes you through the entire research process and will help you execute high quality quantitative research that improves and informs clinical practice. Written by a team of research experts, this book includes chapters on communicating with ethics committees, recruiting samples from vulnerable populations, audit as a research approach, quasi-experimental designs and using cognitive interviewing, making it a new and innovative offering for health researchers |
| Notes |
Formerly CIP. Uk |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Also available online |
| Subject |
Medical care -- Research -- Methodology
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Medicine -- Research -- Methodology
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Health -- Research -- Moral and ethical aspects
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Health -- Research -- Methodology
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Quantitative research
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Quantitative research -- Moral and ethical aspects -- Health aspects
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Quantitative research -- Methodology -- Health aspects
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| Author |
Curtis, Elizabeth A., editor
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Drennan, Jonathan, editor
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| ISBN |
9780335245734 (paperback) : |
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0335245730 (paperback) : |
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