Description
Book SynopsisThis book is a detailed and comprehensive guide to undertaking quantitative health research at postgraduate and professional level. It takes you through the entire research process, from designing the project to presenting the results and will help you execute high quality quantitative research that improves and informs clinical practice.
Written by a team of research experts, this book covers common practical problems such as applying theory to research and analysing data. It also includes chapters on communicating with ethics committees, recruiting samples from vulnerable populations, audit as a research approach, quasi-experimental designs and using cognitive interviewing, making it a new and innovative offering for health researchers.
Other topics covered in this book include:
- Ethical considerations of research
- Designing and planning quantitative research projects
- Data measurement and collection
- Analyzing and presenting resultsWith a strong practical focus, ea
Table of Contents
Introduction
Part OnePhilosophy, Theory, Research Problems and Research Questions
Chapter 1Philosophical Basis for Research
Chapter 2The Importance and Use of Social Theory in Health Care Research
Chapter 3Identifying Research Problems – Reviewing Research Priorities
Chapter 4Writing Research Questions and Hypotheses
Part Two Ethical Considerations
Chapter 5Ethical Principles in Research
Chapter 6Communicating with Research Ethics
Committees Chapter 7Recruiting Samples from Vulnerable Populations
Part ThreeQuantitative Research Designs
Chapter 8Designing and Conducting Quantitative Research Studies
Chapter 9Sampling Issues in Health Care Research
Chapter 10Planning and Conducting Surveys
Chapter 11Quasi-experimental and retrospctive prestest designs for Health Care Research
Chapter 12Audit in health care
Chapter 13Evaluation Research
Part FourMeasurement and Data Collection
Chapter 14Using Cognitive Interviewing in Research
Chapter 15Questionnaires and Instruments for Health Care Research
Chapter 16Issues and Debates in Validity and Reliability
Part FiveAnalysing and Presenting Data
Chapter 17Understanding Probability
Chapter 18Analysing Data from Small and large samples and Non-normal and normal distributions
Chapter 19Secondary Data Analysis
Chapter 20Presenting your research findings
