Health science research : a handbook of quantitative methods /: a handbook of quantitative methods. (2020)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Jennifer K. Peat, Craig Mellis, Katrina Williams, Wei Xuan.
• Authors: Peat, Jennifer K; Mellis, Craig; Williams, Katrina; Xuan, Wei
• Contents: Contents; ; Health Science Research; ; A Handbook of Practical Methods; ; Jennifer K. Peat with Katrina Williams, Wei Xuan and Craig Mellis; ; Foreword; ; Authors; ; Introduction; ; 1. Reviewing the Literature; ; Quality research; ; Critical appraisal; ; Systematic reviews; ; Evidence-based practice; ; 2. Planning the Study; ; Study design; ; Random error and bias; ; 3. Selecting the measurements; ; Outcome measurements; ; Confounding and Effect modification; ; Validity; ; Questionnaires and data forms; ; 4. Calculating the sample size; ; Sample size calculations; ; Interim analyses; ; Stopping rules; ; 5. Conducting the study; ; Project management; ; Randomisation and allocation concealment; ; Data management; ; 6. Analysing the Data; ; Planning analyses; ; Statistical methods; ; Sele
• Edition: 1st
• Publisher Details: London : Routledge
• Publication Date: 2020
• Extent: 1 online resource, illustrations
• Subjects: 610.72; Medical sciences -- Research -- Methodology; Medicine -- Research -- Methodology; Medical statistics; Health -- Research -- Methodology; Quantitative research
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781000256703
• Related ISBNs: 9781000249170; 9781000252927; 9781003115922
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Description based on CIP data; resource not viewed.
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