Handbook for Health Care Research Book

Sect. I Introduction 1

1 Why Study Research? 3

2 Ethics and Research 9

3 Outcomes Research 17

Sect. II Planning the Study 29

4 The Scientific Method 31

5 Developing the Study Idea 37

6 Reviewing the Literature 45

7 Designing the Experiment 59

Sect. III Conducting the Study 79

8 Steps to Implementation 81

9 Making Measurements 93

10 Basic Statistical Concepts 121

11 Statistical Methods for Nominal Measures 187

12 Statistical Methods for Ordinal Measures 205

13 Statistical Methods for Continuous Measures 213

Sect. IV Publishing the Findings 241

14 The Paper 243

15 The Abstract 255

16 The Case Report 267

17 The Poster Presentation 281

App. I Basic Science Writing 287

App. II Glossary 321

App. III Peer Review Checklists 331

App. IV Answers 335

App. V Model Paper 343

App. VI Response to Reviewers 357

Index 361