Quantitative health research : issues and methods /

Bibliographic Details
Other Authors:	Curtis, Elizabeth A. (Editor), Drennan, Jonathan (Editor)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Maidenhead, Berkshire, England : McGraw-Hill Education/Open University Press, [2013]
Subjects:	Medicine > Research > Methodology. Health > Research > Methodology. Quantitative research > Methodology. Research Design. Biomedical Research. Ebooks. Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book.

Table of Contents:

Philosophical basis for research
The importance and use of social theory in health care research
Identifying research priorities
Writing research questions and hypotheses
Ethical principles in health care research
Communicating with research ethics committees
Recruiting samples from vulnerable populations
Designing and conducting quantitative research studies
Sampling issues in health care research
Planning and conducting surveys
Quasi-experimental and retrospective pretest designs for health care research
Audit in health care
Evaluation research
Using cognitive interviewing in healthcare research
Questionnaires and instruments for health care research
Issues and debates in validity and reliability
Understanding probability
Analysing data from small and large samples and non-normal and normal distributions
Secondary data analysis
Presenting your research findings.