عنوان

Getting started in health research /

(Number (ISBN

1405191481 (pbk.)

(Number (ISBN

9781405191487 (pbk.)

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Title Proper

Getting started in health research /

General Material Designation

[Book]

First Statement of Responsibility

David Bowers, Allan House, David Owens.

Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item

viii, 180 pages :

Other Physical Details

illustrations ;

Dimensions

25 cm

Text of Note

Includes bibliographical references (p. 174-176) and index.

Text of Note

Limbering up -- Turning your general aim into a specific question -- Taking a preliminary look at what has already been done -- On your marks -- Coming up with an initial plan of action -- Carrying out a systematic search -- Building a team -- Get set -- Choosing the best study design -- Selecting samples for quantitative research -- Selecting samples for qualitative research -- Wait for it -- Deciding what information to collect -- Tackling confounders -- How many people to study? -- Getting ready for a qualitative analysis -- Getting ready for a quantitative analysis -- Writing your final protocol -- Arranging funding -- Getting permission to go ahead -- Go -- Recruiting the participants -- Collecting and recording the data -- Living with (and without) the data -- Staying the course -- Taking stock -- Making sense of your results: the quantitative case -- Making sense of your results: the qualitative case -- Finishing line -- Writing a research paper -- Setting out your findings -- Writing your discussion -- Writing a thesis or other report -- Dealing with journals.

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Biology-- Research.

Medicine-- Research.

Biomedical Research-- methods.

Number

Edition

Class number

Book number

Class number

Class number

Bowers, David,1938-

House, Allan.

Owens, David,1954-

Date of Transaction

20120424013517.0

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Electronic name

[Book]

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