TY  - BOOK
AU  - Polgar, Stephen
AU  - Thomas, Shane A.
TI  - Introduction to research in the health sciences
SN  - 9789814920438
AV  - 610.72 P75i 2020 
PY  - 2020///
CY  - Singapore
PB  - Elsevier (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
KW  - Biomedical research
KW  - Health and fitness
KW  - Health and wellbeing
KW  - Medicine
KW  - Research
N1  - Includes index;  I: Methodological foundations of health research Foundations of health research Quantitative and qualitative methods The research process II: Research planning The formulation of research questions Sampling methods and external validity Ethics III: Research designs Experimental designs and randomized controlled trials Surveys and quasi-experimental designs Qualitative research IV: Data collection Questionnaires and survey design Mixed methods Interviewing techniques Measurement and observation V: Descriptive statistics Organization and presentation of data Measures of central tendency and variability Standard scores and normal distributions Correlation VI: Data analysis and inference Probability and confidence intervals Hypothesis testing Effect size and the interpretation of evidence Qualitative data analysis Critical evaluation of published research VII: Evaluation and dissemination of research results Synthesis of research evidence: systematic reviews and meta-analyses Translational research
ER  -