Understanding and evaluating research in applied clinical settings
- نوع فایل : کتاب
- زبان : انگلیسی
- مؤلف : George A Morgan; Jeffrey A Gliner; Robert John Harmon
- ناشر : Mahwah, N.J. : Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.
- چاپ و سال / کشور: 2006
- شابک / ISBN : 9780805853315
Description
Framework and sample studies -- Definition, purposes, and dimensions of research -- A tale of two paradigms: quantitative and qualitative -- Ethical problems and principles in human research -- Ethical issues related to publishing and reviewing -- Research problems and variables -- Measurement and descriptive statistics -- Measurement reliability -- Measurement validity -- Data collection techniques -- Quantitative research approaches -- Research question and hypotheses -- Quasi-experimental designs -- Randomized experimental designs -- Single-subject designs -- General design classifications -- Internal validity -- Sampling and population external validity -- Evaluating the validity of a research study -- Introduction to inferential statistics and hypothesis testing -- Problems with null hypothesis significance testing (NHST) -- Using effect sizes and confidence intervals to interpret the results of a statistical test -- Selection of inferential statistics -- Single-factor between-groups designs -- Single-factor repeated-measures designs -- Basic associational designs -- The chi-square test and accompanying effect size indices -- Between-groups factorial designs -- Pretest-posttest comparison group designs -- Use and interpretation of multiple regression -- Logistic regression and discriminant analysis -- Selection and use of inferential statistics -- Interpretation of alpha, factor analysis, and principal components analysis -- Levels of evidence for evidence-based practice -- Meta-analysis -- Effect sizes and clinical significance -- Framework for a comprehensive evaluation of the research validity of a study -- Evaluations of four sample articles -- Appendix A. Research validity evaluation form -- Appendix B. Completed research validity evaluation form -- Appendix C. Comparative numerical evaluations of the four sample studies -- Appendix D. Confusing terms
This is a series of 33 previously published articles from the 'Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry'. The text demonstrates how the research approach and design help determine the appropriate statistical analysis.
