ISBN:
9780323261760
Copyright:
2016
Publication Date:
03-17-2015
Page Count:
416
Imprint:
Mosby
List Price:
$72.99
Introduction to Research - Elsevier eBook on VitalSource, 5th Edition
by Elizabeth DePoy, PhD, MSW, OTR and Laura N. Gitlin, PhD., FGSA, FAAN
Elsevier eBook on VitalSource
ISBN:
9780323261760
Copyright:
2016
Publication Date:
03-17-2015
Page Count:
416
Imprint:
Mosby
List Price:
$72.99
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Help students bridge the gap between research and practice with Introduction to Research: Understanding and Applying Multiple Strategies, 5th Edition. This easy-to-read edition covers all the major research design strategies: qualitative, quantitative, naturalistic, experimental-type, and mixed method. And with the text’s up-to-date research information and references, your students will have a solid foundation from which to critique and understand research designs and their applications to healthcare and human service settings.
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Introduction to Research Elsevier eBook on VitalSource
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ISBN: 9780323612494
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- NEW! Up-to-date research methods, strategies, and references, like digital sources, visual methods, and geographical analysis, give students the latest information on research in diverse areas of health and human services.
- Case examples provide real-life snapshots of what it is like to participate in different types of research processes, identify research dilemmas relevant to chapter subjects, and alert students to problems they might encounter.
- Covers experimental-type, naturalistic, and mixed method design strategies to improve students’ ability to compare, contrast, and integrate different methods.
- Includes detailed discussions of qualitative and quantitative methodologies, a unique and balanced focus that makes this text more comprehensive than others in its field.
- Presents complex information clearly in a highly readable, and easy-to-understand manner.
- Authors make the topics more accessible to students, so research becomes more relevant - and topics come to life.
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- NEW! Up-to-date research methods, strategies, and references, like digital sources, visual methods, and geographical analysis, give you the latest information on research in diverse areas of health and human services.
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Part 1: Introduction
1. Research as an Important Way of Knowing
2. Essentials
3. Research Ethics
Part II: Thinking Processes
4. Philosophical Foundations
5. Framing the Problem
6. Developing a Knowledge Base Through Literature and Resources
7. Theory in Research
8. Asking Questions and Posing Queries
9. Language and Thinking Processes
Part III: Design Approaches
10. Experimental-Type Designs
11. Naturalistic Designs
12. Mixed Method Designs
Part V: Action Processes
13. Setting Boundaries
14. Boundary Setting in Experimental-Type Design
15. Boundary Setting in Naturalistic Analysis
16. Boundary Setting in Mixed Methods
17. Collecting Information
18. Collecting Data Through Measurement in Experimental-Type Design
19. Gathering Information in Naturalistic Analysis
20. Preparing and Organizing Data
21. Statistical Analysis for Experimental-Type Research
22. Analysis in Naturalistic Inquiry
23. Sharing Research Knowledge Before the Study
24. Sharing Research Knowledge During and After the Study
Part V: Improving Practice Through Inquiry
25. Reciprocal Roles of Research, Knowledge Development, and Practice
26. Stories from the Field
Appendices
Glossary
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