02550cam a22002774a 4500 12504422 20210414114648.0 010816s2002 enk b 001 0 eng 9780335262748 (pbk) 0335262740 (pbk) DLC DLC DLC pcc RA440.85,B69 Bowling, Ann. Research methods in health : investigating health and health services. / Ann Bowling. 4th ed. Maidenhead : Open University Press, McGraw-Hill Education, 2014. xix, 512 p. : 25 cm. Includes glossary, bibliographical references and index. Contents: SECTION I Investigating health services and health: the scope of research - Evaluating health services: multidisciplinary collaboration -- Social research on health: sociological and psychological concepts and approaches – Quality of life: concepts, measurements and patient perception -- Health needs and their assessment: demography and epidemiology -- Costing health services: health economics SECTION II The philosophy, theory and practice of research The philosophical framework of measurement -- The principle of research SECTION III Quantitative research: sampling and research methods: sampling and research methods Sample size and sampling for quantitative and qualitative research – Quantitative research: surveys -- Quantitative research: Experiments and other analytic methods of investigation -- Sample selection and group assignment methods in experiments and other analytic methods SECTION IV The tools of quantitative research Data collection methods in quantitative research: questionnaire, interviews and their response rates -- Questionnaire design -- Techniques of survey interviewing -- Preparation of quantitative data for coding and analysis SECTION V Qualitative and mixed research methods Unstructured and structured observational studies -- Unstructured interviewing -- Focus groups -- Mixed research approaches Public health Research Methodology. Community health services Research Methodology. Research -- Design. Table of contents http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/mh051/2001045769.html lcc BK 7208 14708 0 0 lcc 0 0 WIUC-KL WIUC-KL NURS L. 2019-07-01 RA440.85.B69(4e) KSN/205/19 2020-05-07 00:00:00 1 2020-05-07 BK 0 0 lcc 0 0 WIUC-KL WIUC-KL NURS L. 2019-07-01 RA440.85.B691(4e) KSN/206/19 2020-05-07 00:00:00 2 2020-05-07 BK 0 0 lcc 0 0 WIUC-KL WIUC-KL NURS L. 2019-07-01 STM 1 RA440.85.B692(4e) KSN/207/19 2025-03-07 00:00:00 2025-02-28 3 2020-05-07 BK