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Author Portney, Leslie Gross.

Title Foundations of clinical research : applications to practice / Leslie G. Portney, DPT, PhD, FAPTA, Dean, School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences, MGH Institute of Health Professions, Boston, Massachusetts, Mary P. Watkins, DPT, MS, Professor Emerita, MGH Institute of Health Professions, Boston, Massachusetts.

Publication Info. Upper Saddle River, N.J. : Pearson/Prentice Hall, [2015]

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 University of Saint Joseph: Pope Pius XII Library - Standard Shelving Location  610.72 P853F    Check Shelf
Edition 3rd edition, [revised].
Description xix, 892 pages : illustrations (some color), map ; 25 cm
Contents Concept of clinical research -- The role of theory in clinical resarch -- Ethical issues in clinical research -- Principles of measurement -- Reliability of measurements -- Validity of measurements -- Asking the research question -- Sampling -- Validity in experimental design -- Experimental designs -- Quasi-experimental designs -- Single-subject designs -- Exploratory research: observational designs -- Descriptive research -- Surveys and questionnaires -- Systematic reviews and meta-analysis -- Descriptive statistics -- Statistical inference -- Comparing two means: the t-test -- Comparing more than two means: analysis of variance -- Multiple comparison tests -- Nonparametric tests for group comparisons -- Correlations -- Regression -- Measures of association for categorical variables: Chi-Square -- Statistical measures of reliability -- Statistical measures of validity -- Epidemiology: measuring risk -- Multivariate analysis -- Data management -- Searching the literature -- Writing a research proposal -- Reporting the results of clinical research -- Evaluating research reports -- Appendices -- Statistical tables -- Relating the research question to the choice of statistical test -- Power and sample size -- Transformation of data -- Sample informed consent form.
Subject Medicine -- Research -- Methodology.
Clinical medicine -- Research -- Methodology.
Clinical medicine -- Research -- Methodology. (OCoLC)fst00864381
Medicine -- Research -- Methodology. (OCoLC)fst01015079
Added Author Watkins, Mary P.
ISBN 9780803646575 (hbk.)
0803646577 (hbk.)
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