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040			_aUMP
090			_aR850 .P65 2008
100	1		_aPolgar, Stephen.
245	1	0	_aIntroduction to research in the health sciences / _cStephen Polgar, Shane A. Thomas.
250			_a5th ed.
260			_aEdinburgh ; _aNew York : _bElsevier, _c2008.
300			_avii, 334 p. : _bill. ; _c25 cm.
500			_aIncludes bibliographical references (301-303) and index.
505	0		_aMethods and health research: discussion, questions, and answers -- Research planning -- Sampling methods and external validity -- Causal research and internal validity: discussion, questions, and answers -- Experimental designs and intervention studies -- Surveys and quasi-experimental designs -- Single case (n=1) designs -- Qualitative research -- Questionnaire design -- Interview techniques and the analysis of interview data -- Observation -- Measurement: discussion, questions, and answers -- Organization and presentation of data -- Measures of central tendency and variability -- Standard scores and normal curve -- Correlation: discussion, questions, and answers -- Probability and sampling distributions -- Hypothesis testing -- Selection and use of statistical tests -- The interpretation of research evidence: Discussion, questions, and answers -- Qualitative data analysis -- Presentation of health science research -- Critical evaluation of published research -- Synthesis of research evidence.
650		0	_aMedicine _xResearch _xMethodology.
650	1	2	_aBiomedical Research _xmethods.
650	2	2	_aResearch Design.
700	1		_aThomas, Shane A.
999			_aVIRTUA40 _c39101 _d39107
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