Research made easy in complementary and alternative medicine /

Highly engaging and visually attractive, this clear and lively introduction to research is designed to help readers gain confidence and initiate small practice-based research projects. Providing a foundation in understanding research, it includes valuable information on how to get started, how to fo...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Kane, Mark, MA
Corporate Author: ScienceDirect (Online service)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Language Notes:English.
Published: Edinburgh ; New York : Churchill Livingstone, 2004.
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Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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Summary:Highly engaging and visually attractive, this clear and lively introduction to research is designed to help readers gain confidence and initiate small practice-based research projects. Providing a foundation in understanding research, it includes valuable information on how to get started, how to formulate useful and answerable research questions, a range of methodologies set in terms of their usefulness and limitations, strategies for seeing a project through completion, and writing up the results. Pitfalls and pointers are also highlighted along the way. Provides a realistic and clear introduction to understanding researchFeatures simple explanation of all key conceptsOffers clear guidance on how to formulate and initiate a projectIncludes a summary of pros and cons of each research methodologyProvides examples relating to each methodIncludes checklists, summary boxes, warnings, tips and illustrations in abundance.
Physical Description:1 online resource (ix, 215 pages) : illustrations
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780702036286
0702036285