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020 _a9781444341300
020 _a1444341308 (electronic bk.)
020 _a9781118292983 (electronic bk.)
020 _a1118292987 (electronic bk.)
100 _aBowers, David [1938-]
245 0 _aGetting started in health research
260 _aHoboken, NJ :
_bJohn Wiley & Sons,
_c2011
300 _a1 online resource : (electronic bk.)
505 _atext
505 _aFront Matter -- Limbering up. Turning your General Aim into a Specific Question -- Taking a Preliminary Look at What has Already been done -- On your Marks. Coming up with an Initial Plan of Action -- Carrying out a Systematic Search -- Building a Team -- Get Set. Choosing the Best Study Design -- Selecting Samples for Quantitative Research -- Selecting Samples for Qualitative Research -- Wait for it. Deciding what Information to Collect -- Tackling Confounders -- How Many People to Study? -- Getting Ready for a Qualitative Analysis -- Getting Ready for a Quantitative Analysis -- Writing your Final Protocol -- Arranging Funding -- Getting Permission to go Ahead -- Go!. Recruiting the Participants -- Collecting and Recording the Data -- Living with (and without) the Data -- Staying the Course. Taking Stock -- Making Sense of your Results ₆ The Quantitative Case -- Making Sense of your Results ₆ The Qualitative Case -- The Finishing Line. Writing a Research Paper -- Setting Out your Findings -- Writing your Discussion -- Writing a Thesis or other Report -- Dealing with Journals -- Further Reading -- Index.
520 _aRemote
520 _aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
520 _aBy the time you've read this book, you'll be ready to design your own research projectNot everyone in clinical research is a scientific investigator. In fact, a large proportion of health professionals undertaking a research project are working in clinical care, as junior doctors, nurses or allied health professionals. For them a book that begins with the basics of study design and takes them through all the stages to data collection, analysis, and submission for publication is vital. Getting Started in Health Research is the answer. It provides fundamental information on:Framing the research.
700 _aHouse, Allan
700 _aOwens, David [1954-]
856 _uhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1002/9781444341300
_y[Wiley Online Library]
999 _c57547
_d57547