Gareth Hagger-Johnson

Introduction to Research Methods and Data Analysis in the Health Sciences

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This text presents a balanced blend of quantitative research methods, and the most widely used techniques for collecting and analysing data in the health sciences. Highly practical in nature, the book guides you, step-by-step, through the research process, and covers both the consumption and the production of research and data analysis.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Pearson Education Limited
• Seitenzahl: 310
• Erscheinungstermin: 19. Juni 2014
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 176mm x 247mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 644g
• ISBN-13: 9780273763840
• ISBN-10: 0273763849
• Artikelnr.: 39356263

Autorenporträt

Gareth Hagger-Johnson is a Senior Research Associate in the Department of Epidemiology and Public Health at University College London, UK.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction 1. Evidence-Based Health Research Section 1: Critical Numbers
2. Descriptive Statistics Part 1: Levels of Measurement and Measures of
Central Tendency 3. Descriptive Statistics Part 2: Measures of Dispersion
4. Measures of Association for Categorical Outcomes 5. Measures of
Association for Continuous Outcomes 6. Confounding, Effect Modification,
Mediation and Causal Inference Section 2: Critical Appraisal of Existing
Research 7. Searching the Literature 8. Randomised Controlled Trials 9.
Cohort Studies 10. Case-Control Studies 11. Research Ethics and Data
Management Section 3: Conducting New Research 12. Dissemination and
Publication 13. Linear Regression for Continuous Outcomes 14. Logistic
Regression for Categorical Outcomes Appendices