TY  - BOOK
AU  - Taylor,Renée R.
TI  - Kielhofner's research in occupational therapy: methods of inquiry for enhancing practice 
SN  - 0803640374
AV  - RM735 .K54 2017
U1  - 615.8515 23
PY  - 2017///]
CY  - Philadelphia
PB  - F.A. Davis Company
KW  - Occupational therapy
KW  - Research
KW  - Occupational Therapy
KW  - Research Design
N1  - Gary Kielhofner's name appears first in the previous edition; Includes bibliographical references and index; Research in occupational therapy: basic elements for enhancing practice. Occupational therapy as an evidence-based practice profession -- Classifications and aims of research -- Philosophical foundations of research -- Reading and understanding published and presented research -- Critically appraising and classifying published and presented research -- Managing barriers to evidence-based practice : an international imperative -- Professional responsibility and roles in research -- The role of theory in occupational therapy -- Laying the groundwork for evidence-based practice : the steps of the research process. Steps in the research process and characteristics of sound research -- Conducting a literature review -- Generating research questions and defining specific aims and hypotheses -- Selecting the research method -- Writing the research proposal -- Ensuring ethical research -- Securing samples and performance sites -- Qualitative approaches : first steps in communicating with language. Collecting qualitative data -- Contemporary tools for managing and analyzing qualitative data -- Qualitative approaches to interpreting and reporting data -- Quantitative approaches : first steps in communicating with statistics and measures. Quantitative research designs : defining variables and their relationships with one another -- Developing and evaluating quantitative data collection instruments -- Collecting quantitative data -- Entering, storing, and managing data -- Deciding on an approach to data analysis -- Meta-analysis -- Descriptive, exploratory, and pilot-study research. Single-subject research -- Survey research -- Additional topics for the developing investigator. Needs assessment research -- Program evaluation research -- Participatory research approaches -- Writing a literature review -- Disseminating research : presenting, writing, and publishing -- Writing a grant proposal -- Using mixed-methods designs to study therapy and its outcomes -- Creating outcomes research for evidence-based practice
ER  -