Foundations of clinical research [electronic resource] : applications to practice / Leslie Portney, Mary Watkins.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Foundations of clinical research : applications to practice -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Reviewers -- Part I: Foundations of Clinical Research -- Chapter 1: A Concept of Clinical Research -- Chapter 2: The Role of Theory in Clinical Research -- Chapter 3: Ethical Issues in Clnical Research -- Part II: Concepts of Measurement -- Chapter 4: Principles of Measurement -- Chapter 5: Reliability of Measurements -- Chapter 6: Validity of Measurements -- Part III: Designing Clinical Research -- Chapter 7: Asking the Research Question -- Chapter 8: Sampling -- Chapter 9: Validity in Experimental Design -- Chapter 10: Experimental Designs -- Chapter 11: Quasi-Experimental Designs -- Chapter 12: Single-Subject Designs -- Chapter 13: Exploratory Research: Observational Designs -- Chapter 14: Descriptive Research -- Chapter 15: Surveys and Questionnaires -- Chapter 16: Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analysis -- Part IV: Data Analysis -- Chapter 17: Descriptive Statistics -- Chapter 18: Statistical Inference -- Chapter 19: Comparin Two Means: The t-Test -- Chapter 20: Comparing More than Two Means: Analysis of Variance -- Chapter 21: Multiple Comparison Tests -- Chapter 22: Non parametric Tests for Group Comparisons -- Chapter 23: Correlation -- Chapter 24: Regression -- Chapter 25: Measures of Association for Categorical Variables: Chi-Square -- Chapter 26: Statistical Measures of Reliability -- Chapter 27: Statistical Measures of Validity -- Chapter 28: Epidemiology: Measuring Risk -- Chapter 29: Multivariate Analysis -- Chapter 30: Data Management -- Part V: Communication -- Chapter 31: Searching the Literature -- Chapter 32: Writing a Research Proposal -- Chapter 33: Reporting the Results of Clinical Research -- Chapter 34: Evaluating Research Reports -- Appendix A: Statistical Tables -- Appendix B: Relating the Research Question to the Choice of Statistical Test -- Appendix C: Power and Sample Size -- Appendix D: Transformation of D ata -- Appendix E: Sample Informed Consent Form -- Glossary -- Index.

Draw upon the foundations necessary for finding and interpreting research evidence across all healthcare professions. Revised to reflect the most current changes in the field of clinical research in rehabilitation and medicine, you'll find a growing emphasis on evidence-based practice (EBP) as well as new vocabulary that is being integrated into research and practice across disciplines.