First Steps -- Types ofInvestigation -- Stages of an Investigation -- Formulating the Objectives -- The Objectives of Evaluative Studies -- The Study Population -- Control Groups -- Sampling -- The Variables -- Defining the Variables -- Definitions of Diseases -- Scales of Measurement -- Composite Scales -- Methods of Collecting Data -- Reliability -- Validity -- Interviews and Self-Administered Questionnaires -- Constructing a Questionnaire -- Surveying the Opinions of Experts -- The Use of Documentary Sources -- Planning the Records -- Planning the Analysis -- Pretests and Other Practical Preparations -- Collecting the Data -- Processing the Data -- Interpreting the Findings -- Making Sense of Associations -- Generalizing from the Findings -- Writing a Report -- Clinical Trials -- Programme Trials
Notes
Companion v. to: Making sense of data / J.H. Abramson. 2nd ed. 1994
