Research Methodology in the Health Sciences: A Quick Reference Guide
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Acknowledgment
PART ONE
CHAPTER 1 Introduction
CHAPTER 2 How to Plan a Research Study
CHAPTER 3 Types of Studies in Clinical Research—Part I: Observational Studies
CHAPTER 4 Types of Studies in Clinical Research—Part II: Interventional Studies
BEYOND CLINICAL TRIALS: APPROACH TO SECONDARY RESEARCH
CHAPTER 5 APPROACH TO QUALITATIVE RESEARCH IN HEALTH SCIENCES
CHAPTER 6 ETHICS IN MEDICAL RESEARCH
PUBLICATION ETHICS
CHAPTER 7 LITERATURE REVIEW, TRACKING THE BEST EVIDENCE, AND LITERATURE SEARCH
CHAPTER 8 HOW TO WRITE A SCIENTIFIC PAPER
PART TWO
CHAPTER 9 INTRODUCTION TO BIOSTATISTICS AND APPROACH TO DESCRIPTIVE STATISTICS
CHAPTER 10 APPROACH TO STATISTICAL INFERENCE—I
CHAPTER OBJECTIVES
DEFINITION OF TERMS
POPULATION AND SAMPLES
TYPES OF SAMPLING
HYPOTHESIS TESTING
ESTIMATION
CONFIDENCE INTERVALS IN INTERPRETING STUDY RESULTS
BIAS AND CHANCE
VALIDITY AND RELIABILITY
CHAPTER 11 APPROACH TO STATISTICAL INFERENCE—II
CORRELATION AND REGRESSION
CONCEPT OF CAUSAL ASSOCIATION
CHAPTER 12 APPROACH TO STATISTICAL INFERENCE—III
Index
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Whether you’re a student, scholar, faculty member, or practicing healthcare professional Research Methodology in the Health Sciences helps you improve your research skills and critically appraise original research and apply it in evidence-based patient care. This peerless guide describes the principles of biostatistics and provides detailed examples to build your comprehension of the utility and applicability of bio-statistical tests, without going into the mathematical details of such tests.
You’ll find accessible coverage of the principles of biomedical ethics in research and publication, review of the medical literature, how to write a dissertation, how to prepare and submit a research manuscript for publication in a journal, how to apply for a research grant to funding agencies, and much more. To enhance the learning process, all examples drawn exclusively from real healthcare scenarios.
Research Methodology in the Health Sciences covers:
- Planning a research study
- Writing a dissertation
- Types of studies in clinical research
- Observational and interventional studies
- Approaches to qualitative research
- Ethics in medical research
- Biostatistics and descriptive statistics
- Approaches to statistical inference