Introduction to Research - E-Book (eBook)

Understanding and Applying Multiple Strategies

Elizabeth DePoy, Laura N. Gitlin (Autoren)

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2015 | 5. Auflage
416 Seiten
Elsevier Health Care - Lehrbücher (Verlag)
978-0-323-26172-2 (ISBN)

Infos

Bridge the gap between research and practice with Introduction to Research: Understanding and Applying Multiple Strategies, 5th Edition. This easy-to-read edition covers all the major research design strategies: qualitative, quantitative, naturalistic, experimental-type, and mixed method. And with the text's up-to-date research information and references, you will have a solid foundation from which to critique and understand research designs and their applications to healthcare and human service settings.

• Case examples provide real-life snapshots of what it is like to participate in different types of research processes, identify research dilemmas relevant to chapter subjects, and alert you to problems you might encounter.
• Authors make the topics more accessible, so research becomes more relevant - and topics come to life.
• Covers experimental-type, naturalistic, and mixed method design strategies to improve your ability to compare, contrast, and integrate different methods.
• Presents complex information clearly in a highly readable, and easy-to-understand, manner.
• Includes detailed discussions of qualitative and quantitative methodologies, a unique and balanced focus that makes this text more comprehensive than others in its field.

• NEW! Up-to-date research methods, strategies, and references, like digital sources, visual methods, and geographical analysis, give you the latest information on research in diverse areas of health and human services.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 6.3.2015
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Medizin / Pharmazie ► Pflege
• Themenwelt: Medizin / Pharmazie ► Physiotherapie / Ergotherapie ► Ergotherapie
• ISBN-10: 0-323-26172-8 / 0323261728
• ISBN-13: 978-0-323-26172-2 / 9780323261722