Jennifer Peat is Hospital Statistician in the Clinical Epidemiology Unit at the New Children's Hospital, Westmead, and Senior Lecturer in the Department of Paediatrics and Child Health at the University of Sydney. Katrina Williams, Wei Xuan and Craig Mellis are from the same Hospital and Department.
Contents
Health Science Research
A Handbook of Practical Methods
Jennifer K. Peat with Katrina Williams, Wei Xuan and Craig Mellis
Foreword
Authors
Introduction
1. Reviewing the Literature
Quality research
Critical appraisal
Systematic reviews
Evidence-based practice
2. Planning the Study
Study design
Random error and bias
3. Selecting the measurements
Outcome measurements
Confounding and Effect modification
Validity
Questionnaires and data forms
4. Calculating the sample size
Sample size calculations
Interim analyses
Stopping rules
5. Conducting the study
Project management
Randomisation and allocation concealment
Data management
6. Analysing the Data
Planning analyses
Statistical methods
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