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• Title:Research methods for clinical therapists : applied project design and analysis / Carolyn M. Hicks.
  
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• Author/Creator:Hicks, Carolyn.
  
• Published/Created:Edinburgh ; New York : Churchill Livingstone, 2004.
  

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  • Location:WOODWARD LIBRARY stacksWhere is this?
    
  • Call Number: WB460 .H525 2004
    
  • Number of Items:1
    
  • Status:Available
    

   
• Library of Congress Subjects: Statistics--methods.
  Physical therapy--Research--Statistical methods.
  
• Medical Subjects:Physical Therapy Modalities.
  Evidence-Based Medicine.
  Outcome and Process Assessment, Health Care.
  Research Design.
  
• Edition:4th ed.
  
• Description:xi, 340 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
  
• Summary:Textbook, for students, on conducting research and evaluating published research before introducing the conclusions into their clinical practice. Overviews approaches and includes case studies and practical examples that directly relates to the clinical situation.
  
• Notes:Includes bibliographical references (pages 331-332) and index.
  
• ISBN:0443074305 (pbk.)
  
• Contents:Sect. 1. Basic principles of research
  1. Introduction
  2. Research design and statistics : some basic concepts
  3. Questionnaires, surveys and sampling
  4. nature of the data
  5. Techniques of descriptive statistics
  6. Testing hypotheses
  7. Designing your study
  8. Sources of error in research
  9. Matching the research design to the statistical test
  10. Putting the theory into practice
  11. Writing up the research for publication
  12. Reading published research critically
  Sect. 2. Statistical tests
  13. Non-parametric tests for same- and matched-subject designs
  14. Parametric tests for same- and matched-subject designs
  15. Non-parametric tests for different- (unrelated-) subject designs
  16. Parametric tests for different- (unrelated-) subject designs
  17. Non-parametric and parametric tests for correlational designs
  18. Estimation
  Sect. 3. Research applications
  19. Attitude scales
  20. Repertory grid analysis
  21. Delphi technique.