| Description |
1 online resource (441 p.) |
| Note |
Description based upon print version of record. |
| Contents |
Quantitative Health Research Issues and methods; Quantitative Health ResearchIssues and methods; Praise for this book; Contents; Notes on contributors; Acknowledgements; List of tables; Introduction; PART 1 Philosophy, theory, research problems and research questions; 1 Philosophical basis for research; 2 The importance and use of social theory inhealth care research; 3 Identifying research priorities; 4 Writing research questions and hypotheses; PART 2 Ethical considerations; 5 Ethical principles in health care research; 6 Communicating with research ethics committees |
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7 Recruiting samples from vulnerable populationsPART 3 Quantitative research designs; 8 Designing and conducting quantitative research studies; 9 Sampling issues in health care research; 10 Planning and conducting surveys; 11 Quasi-experimental and retrospective pretest designs for health care research; 12 Audit in health care; 13 Evaluation research; PART 4 Measurement and datacollection; 14 Using cognitive interviewing in healthcare research; 15 Questionnaires and instruments for health care research; 16 Issues and debates in validity and reliability; PART 5 Analysing and presenting data |
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17 Understanding probability18 Analysing data from small and large samples and non-normal and normaldistributions; 19 Secondary data analysis; 20 Presenting your research findings; Index; Advert; Backcover |
| Summary |
This text, edited by a well respected team at TCD, addresses the need for a book covering the practicalities of doing quantitative research as part of professional practice, in a field where many texts either cover qualitative and quantitative research together or focus on qualitative methods. |
| Subject |
Epidemiology -- Research -- Methodology. |
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Health -- Research -- Methodology. |
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Medicine -- Research -- Methodology. |
| Added Author |
Drennan, Jonathan.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Curtis, Elizabeth Quantitative Health Research : Issues And Methods Maidenhead : McGraw-Hill Education,c2013 9780335245734 |
| ISBN |
9780335245741 81.67 (NL) |
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