Undertaking Midwifery Research
A Basic Guide to Design and Analysis
Published on 18. March 1996
Book
Paperback/Softback
255 pages
978-0-443-05230-9 (ISBN)
Description
This text is divided into two sections. The first includes an introduction to some of the most useful methods in midwifery research, followed by a detailed explanation of the principles involved in designing experimental studies. A number of statistical techniques for analyzing data are included.
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Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Elsevier Health Sciences
Target group
Adult education
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
64 ills.
Dimensions
Height: 248 mm
Width: 191 mm
Thickness: 14 mm
Weight
486 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-443-05230-9 (9780443052309)
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Content
Part 1 An introduction to some basic principles of research: approaches to 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 the 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 (unrelated) subject designs; parametric tests for different (unrelated) subject designs; non-parametric and parametric statistical tests for correlatinal designs; estimation. Appendices: basic mathematical principles; statistical probability tables; answers to activities.