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• Copyright
• Dedication
• 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 Questions
• 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 Nonparametric 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 Seraching the Literature
• Chapter 32 Writing a Research Proposal
• Chapter 33 Reporting the Results of Clinical Research
• Chapter 34 Evaluating Research Reports
• Appendices
• 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 Data
• Appendix E Sample of Informed Consent Form
• Glossary
• Index