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010			_a2007002160
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050	0	0	_aR850 _b.P65 2020
082			_a610.72 _223
100	1		_aPolgar, Stephen. _eauthor.
245	1	0	_aIntroduction to research in the health sciences / _cStephen Polgar, Shane A. Thomas.
246	3	0	_aResearch in the health sciences.
250			_aSeventh edition.
264		1	_aEdinburgh : _bElsevier _c[2020]
264		4	_c©2020
300			_avi, 213 pages : _billustrations ; _c23 cm.
500			_aReprint. Originally published: Edinburgh : Elsevier, 2008.
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.
700	1		_aThomas, Shane A. _eauthor.
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