Understanding and Conducting Research in the Health Sciences

Preface ix Part One Overview of the Research Process 1 Behavioral and Social Research in the Health Sciences 3 2 Ethics and Research 25 3 The Foundations of Research 45 4 An Overview of Empirical Methods 79 Part Two Nuts and Bolts of Research 5 Writing the Research Report 113 6 Reviewing the Literature 139 7 Sampling 161 8 Assessments, Surveys, and Objective Measurement 191 9 A Model for Research Design 225 Part Three Common Research Designs 10 Correlational Research 255 11 Between-Subjects Designs 285 12 Single-Variable Between-Subjects Research 315 13 Between-Subjects Factorial Designs 345 14 Correlated-Groups Designs 367 Part Four Special Research Designs 15 Single-Participant Experiments, Longitudinal Studies, and Quasi-Experimental Designs 393 16 Research with Categorical Data 415 17 Qualitative and Mixed-Methods Research 439 Appendix A Reviewing the Statistics behind the Research 461 Appendix B Statistical Tables 479 Index 521