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Clinical research for health professionals : a user-friendly guide
- Title
- Clinical research for health professionals : a user-friendly guide / Mitchell Batavia.
- Author
- Batavia, Mitch, 1959-
- Publication
- Boston : Butterworth-Heinemann, c2001.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Text | Use in library | R853.S7 B37 2001 | Off-site |
Details
- Description
- xi, 179 p. : ill.; 26 cm.
- Summary
- "Designed primarily as a nontechnical guide, the book offers an innovative approach to understanding and conducting research. Likening research to patient diagnosis, Clinical Research for Health Professionals describes the anatomy and physiology of good research and the pathology of the common mistakes made in conducting research and measuring outcomes.".
- "This book is a guide for students at both graduate and undergraduate levels who might be having difficulty with research concepts as well as for practiced clinicians interested in a fresh approach to clinical research."--BOOK JACKET.
- Subjects
- Statistics as Topic > methods
- Medicine > Research > Statistical methods > Handbooks, manuals, etc
- Clinical Medicine > methods
- Clinical medicine > Research > Statistical methods > Handbooks, manuals, etc
- Médecine clinique > Recherche > Méthodes statistiques
- Publishing
- Research Design
- Medical Errors
- Médecine > Recherche > Méthodes statistiques
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- Pt. I. How to Use This Book and Overview -- 1. The Boat Metaphor -- 2. Why Research? -- Pt. II. Anatomy and Physiology: Understanding Research Concepts -- 3. Anatomy: Understanding the Research Process -- 4. Questions -- 5. Hypotheses -- 6. Theory -- 7. Designs -- 8. Sampling -- 9. Measurement -- 10. Descriptive Statistics -- 11. Inferential Statistics -- 12. Tests of Significance -- 13. Putting It All Together: Matching Question-Design-Analysis -- 14. The Function of Research -- Pt. III. Pathology and Vaccinations -- 15. Mistakes with the Investigator -- 16. Mistakes with the Treatment -- 17. Mistakes with the Subjects -- 18. Mistakes in Measurement -- 19. Mistakes in Conducting Studies over Time -- 20. Mistakes in Math -- Pt. IV. The Examination -- 21. Evaluating Research: Is It Believable? -- 22. Where to Find It in a Report -- Pt. V. Clinicians and Graduate Students -- 23. Just for Clinicians --
- 24. Just for Graduate Students -- 25. The Future: A Final Word ... or Two ... or Three. App. B. List of Potential Biases in Research.
- ISBN
- 0750671939 (alk. paper)
- LCCN
- 00031219
- OCLC
- ocm43985208
- SCSB-4799409
- Owning Institutions
- Columbia University Libraries