Research: Some Ground Rules Book

Sect. A	The essentials of biomedical research	1
1	Principles and practice of research	3
2	When, what, where, and supervision	12
3	Literature review, action plan, and pilot study	19
4	Undertaking and completing a research project	27
5	Biomedical research on human subjects	30
6	Biomedical research on animals	44
7	Health and safety in research	49
Sect. B	Data collection and analysis	61
8	Principles of design and statistics	63
9	Descriptive statistics	69
10	Inferential statistics	84
11	Statistical testing	95
12	Planning and carrying out an investigation	120
13	Planning and carrying out an experiment	139
14	Computers in research	154
Sect. C	Presenting research material	167
15	Principles of presentation	169
16	Presenting papers and posters	173
17	Writing papers and reports	187
18	Writing a thesis	200
19	Illustrating the written and spoken word	209
20	Grant applications	224
21	Refereeing and reviewing written material	229
22	Applications, references, and interviews	232
	Index	241