Evaluating Research in Health and Social Care
Practitioners across the caring professions increasingly need to know where evidence can be found and to evaluate different forms of evidence with a critical eye. This invaluable collection includes exemplars of a wide range of research techniques and provides a critical commentary for each. The com...
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| Language: | English |
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London
Sage Publications
2000
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Add Tag | Summary: | Practitioners across the caring professions increasingly need to know where evidence can be found and to evaluate different forms of evidence with a critical eye. This invaluable collection includes exemplars of a wide range of research techniques and provides a critical commentary for each. The commentary is designed to tackle jargon and demystify the text, highlighting the compromises that need to be made in real world research designs and the complexity of controlling relevant variables. The book seeks to underline the challenges of interpreting and generalising results both for the researchers and for those who fund their work |
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| Item Description: | A set book for the Open University course K302 Critical Practice in Health and Social Care |
| Physical Description: | xv, 333 pages illustrations 24 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index |
| ISBN: | 9780761964902 0761964908 0761964916 |
Research handbook for health care professionals