Research for physiotherapists : project design and analysis

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Research for physiotherapists : project design and analysis

Carolyn M. Hicks

Churchill Livingstone, 1995

2nd ed

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Rev. ed. of: Practical research methods for physiotherapists. 1988

Includes bibliographical references (p. 243) and index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

An introductory textbook for research methods for the physiotherapist who is approaching a research project tor the first time. The book aims to give them the necessary tools for undertaking research while demonstrating the relevance to physiotherapy practice.

Table of Contents

  • Part 1 Basic principles of research: research design and statistics - some basic concepts
  • questionnaires, surveys and sampling
  • the nature of the data
  • techniques of descriptive statistics
  • testing hypotheses
  • designing your study
  • sources of error in research
  • matching the research design to statistical test
  • putting the theory into practice
  • writing up the research for publication
  • reading published research critically. Part 2 Statistical tests: non-parametric tests for same- and matched-subject designs
  • parametric tests for same- and matched-subject designs
  • non-parametric tests for different-subject designs
  • parametric tests for different-subject designs
  • non-parametric and parametric tests for correlational designs. Part 3 Estimation. Appendices: basic mathematical principles
  • statistical probabilty tables
  • answers to activities.

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