Handbook for health care research Chatburn, Robert L.

This is a unique book on scientific research written for health care practitioners. Using step-by-step guidelines, the text teaches students and practitioners to implement a research protocol and evaluate the results, even with no experience or formal training in the research process. It provides the basic tools to carry out and critically analyze the research data, from asking the initial questions to preparing a publication. The chapters are organized around the major steps in the research process, allowing the reader to sort through various research procedures easily. Statistical procedures are illustrated with actual examples from health care practice in this user friendly resource.

Table of content:
Section I Introduction
Chapter 1 Why Study Research?
Chapter 2 Ethics and Research
Chapter 3 Outcomes Research
Section II Planning the Study
Chapter 4 The Scientific Method
Chapter 5 Developing the Study Idea
Chapter 6 Reviewing the Literature
Chapter 7 Designing the Experiment
Section III Conducting the Study
Chapter 8 Steps to Implementation
Chapter 9 Making Measurements
Chapter 10 Basic Statistical Concepts
Chapter 11 Statistical Methods for Nominal Measures
Chapter 12 Statistical Methods for Ordinal Measures
Chapter 13 Statistical Methods for Contiguous Measures
Section IV Publishing the Findings
Chapter 14 The Paper
Chapter 15 The Abstract
Chapter 16 The Case Report
Chapter 17 The Poster Presentation
Appendix I Basic Science Writing
Appendix II Glossary
Appendix III Peer Review Checklist
Appendix IV Answers to Questions
Appendix V Model Paper
Appendix VI Response to Reviewers
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