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Designing clinical research
Title
Designing clinical research / Stephen B Hulley ... [et al.].
ISBN
9781608318049 (pbk.)
1608318044 (pbk.)
Edition
4th ed.
Published
Philadelphia : Wolters Kluwer/Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, c2013.
Physical Description
xiii, 367 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.
Summary
"This book provides a practical guide to planning, tabulating, formulating, and implementing clinical research, in an easy-to-use, readable presentation"--Provided by publisher.
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
August 16, 2013
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Getting started: the anatomy and physiology of clinical research
Conceiving the research question and developing the study plan
Choosing the study subjects: specification, sampling, and recruitment
Planning the measurements: precision, accuracy, and validity
Getting ready to estimate sample size: hypotheses and underlying principles
Estimating sample size and power: applications and examples
Designing cross-sectional and cohort studies
Designing case-control studies
Enhancing casual inference in observational studies
Designing a randomized blinded trial
Alternative clinical trial designs and implementation issues
Designing studies of medical tests
Research using existing data
Addressing ethical issues
Designing questionnaires, interviews, and online surveys
Data management
Implementing the study and quality control
Community and international studies
Writing a proposal for funding research.
Subjects
Subjects (Medical)
Epidemiologic Methods.
Research Design.
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