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Research methods in community medicine : surveys, epidemiological research, programme evaluation, clinical trials / J.H. Abramson, Z.H. Abramson.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Chichester, England ; Hoboken, NJ : Wiley, [2008]Copyright date: ©2008Edition: Sixth editionDescription: vi, 414 pages : illustrations ; 25 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 0470986611
  • 9780470986615
Related works:
  • Revision of: Abramson, J. H. 1924- Survey methods in community medicine
  • Augmentation of (expression): Abramson, J. H. 1924- Making sense of data. 3rd ed
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 362.10723 22
LOC classification:
  • RA408.5 .A27 2008
Contents:
1. First steps -- 2. Types of investigation -- 3. Stages of an investigation -- 4. Formulating the objectives -- 5. The objectives of evaluative studies -- 6. The study population -- 7. Control groups -- 8. Sampling -- 9. Selecting cases and controls for case-control studies -- 10. The variables -- 11. Defining the variables -- 12. Definitions of diseases -- 13. Scales of measurement -- 14. Composite scales -- 15. Methods of collecting data -- 16. Reliability -- 17. Validity -- 18. Interviews and self-administered questionnaires -- 19. Constructing a questionnaire -- 20. Surveying the opinions of a panel: consensus methods -- 21. The use of documentary sources -- 22. Planning the records -- 23. Planning the handling of data -- 24. Pretests and other preparations -- 25. Collecting the data -- 26. Statistical analysis -- 27. Interpreting the findings -- 28. Making sense of associations -- 29. Application of the study findings -- 30. Writing a report -- 31. Rapid epidemiological methods -- 32. Clinical trials -- 33. Programme trials -- 34. Community-oriented primary care -- 35. Using the Web for health research -- Appendix A. Community appraisal: a checklist -- Appendix B. Random numbers -- Appendix C. Free computer programs.
Summary: "; ; ; A simple and systematic guide to the planning and performance of investigations concerned with health and disease and with health care; ; ; ; Offers researchers help in choosing a topic and to think about shaping objectives and ideas and to link these with the appropriate choice of method; ; ; ; Fully updated with new sections on the use of the Web and computer programmes freely available in the planning, performance or analysis of studies; ;"--Publisher description.
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Revised edition of: Survey methods in community medicine. 5th ed. 1999.

Companion v. to: Making sense of data / J.H. Abramson. 3rd ed. 2001.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

1. First steps -- 2. Types of investigation -- 3. Stages of an investigation -- 4. Formulating the objectives -- 5. The objectives of evaluative studies -- 6. The study population -- 7. Control groups -- 8. Sampling -- 9. Selecting cases and controls for case-control studies -- 10. The variables -- 11. Defining the variables -- 12. Definitions of diseases -- 13. Scales of measurement -- 14. Composite scales -- 15. Methods of collecting data -- 16. Reliability -- 17. Validity -- 18. Interviews and self-administered questionnaires -- 19. Constructing a questionnaire -- 20. Surveying the opinions of a panel: consensus methods -- 21. The use of documentary sources -- 22. Planning the records -- 23. Planning the handling of data -- 24. Pretests and other preparations -- 25. Collecting the data -- 26. Statistical analysis -- 27. Interpreting the findings -- 28. Making sense of associations -- 29. Application of the study findings -- 30. Writing a report -- 31. Rapid epidemiological methods -- 32. Clinical trials -- 33. Programme trials -- 34. Community-oriented primary care -- 35. Using the Web for health research -- Appendix A. Community appraisal: a checklist -- Appendix B. Random numbers -- Appendix C. Free computer programs.

"; ; ; A simple and systematic guide to the planning and performance of investigations concerned with health and disease and with health care; ; ; ; Offers researchers help in choosing a topic and to think about shaping objectives and ideas and to link these with the appropriate choice of method; ; ; ; Fully updated with new sections on the use of the Web and computer programmes freely available in the planning, performance or analysis of studies; ;"--Publisher description.

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