| Edition |
Third edition. |
| Description |
1 online resource (259 pages) : illustrations |
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text rdacontent |
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computer rdamedia |
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online resource rdacarrier |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Some preliminaries -- The abstract and introduction -- The aims and objectives -- Descriptive studies : qualitative -- Descriptive studies : quantitative -- Analytic studies -- Intervention studies -- Mixed methods studies -- The research setting -- Populations and samples in quantitative research -- The sample in qualitative research -- Identifying and defining cases -- Controls and comparisons -- Identifying the characteristics of quantitative data -- Summarising the characteristics of quantitative data -- Identifying and summarising the characteristics of qualitative data -- Measuring the characteristics of participants : quantitative -- Measuring the characteristics of participants : qualitative -- Measuring the characteristics of measures -- Measurement scales -- Exploring and explaining topic guides -- Fractions, proportions and rates -- Risk and odds -- Ratios of risks and odds -- Confidence intervals for means, proportions, and medians -- Confidence intervals for ratios -- Hypothesis testing -- Measuring association -- Measuring agreement -- Linear regression -- Logistic regression -- Measuring survival -- Systematic review -- Analysing qualitative data -- Results in text and tables -- Results in pictures -- The discussion and conclusions -- References -- Index. |
| Note |
Description based on print version record. |
| Subject |
Medical literature.
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Medical statistics.
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Medical writing.
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Bowers, David, 1938- Understanding clinical papers. Chichester, West Sussex, UK : John Wiley & Sons Inc., 2013 ix, 247 pages : illustrations 9781118232828 (DLC) 2013019471 |
| ISBN |
9781118232828 (pbk.) |
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9781118760000 (electronic bk.) |
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