Understanding and Evaluating Research in Applied and Clinical Settings [Paperback]

Clinically oriented professionals and students need to understand and evaluate the research and statistics in professional articles, especially given today's emphasis on evidence-based practice. This book demonstrates how the research approach and design help determine the appropriate statistical analysis.  Understanding and Evaluating Research in Applied and Clinical Settingsfeatures:
*short, independent, chapters that do not have to be read in order;
*a guide to understanding why a particular statistic was selected;
*an emphasis on effects sizes including measures of risk potency;
*numerous cross-disciplinary examples to illustrate the material; and
*methods to help determine practical and clinical significance and their relation to meta-analysis and evidence-based practice.

This book is intended for practitioners and students in psychology, education, counseling, mental and allied health, nursing, and medicine, and as a text for courses on understanding research methods and statistics.Contents: Preface. Part I: Introductory Chapters.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. Part II: Variables and Their Measurement.Research Problems and Variables. Measurement and Descriptive Statistics. Measurement Reliability. Measurement Validity. Data Collection Techniques. Part III: Research Approaches, Questions, and Designs.Quantitative Research Approaches. Research Questions and Hypotheses. Quasi-Experimental Designs. Randomized Experimental Designs. Single-Subject Designs. General Design Classifications. Part IV: Introduction to the Evaluation of Methods and Design.Internal Validity. Sampling and Popull!