Portney, Leslie Gross. <br/><br/>
Foundations of clinical research :  applications to practice / 
Leslie Gross Portney, Mary P. Watkins. 
 - 2nd ed. 
 - Upper Saddle River, NJ :  Prentice Hall,  �2000. 
 - xiv, 768 pages :  illustrations ;  25 cm 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/>Ch. 1. A concept of research -- Ch. 2. The role of theory in clinical research -- Ch. 3. Ethical issues in clinical research -- Ch. 4. Principles of measurement -- Ch. 5. Reliability -- Ch. 6. Validity of measurements -- Ch. 7. The research question -- Ch. 8. Sampling -- Ch. 9. Experimental control -- Ch. 10. Experimental design -- Ch. 11. Sequential clinical trials -- Ch. 12. Single-subject designs -- Ch. 13. Descriptive and exploratory research -- Ch. 14. Surveys -- Ch. 15. Epidemiology -- Ch. 16. Other research approaches. Ch. 17. Descriptive statistics and measures of variability -- Ch. 18. Statistical inference -- Ch. 19. The t-test -- Ch. 20. Analysis of variance -- Ch. 21. Multiple comparison tests -- Ch. 22. Nonparametric tests for group comparisons -- Ch. 23. Correlation -- Ch. 24. Regression -- Ch. 25. Analysis of frequencies: chi-square -- Ch. 26. Statistical measures of reliability -- Ch. 27. Multivariate analysis -- Ch. 28. Data management -- Ch. 29. Writing a research proposal -- Ch. 30. Reporting the results of clinical research -- Ch. 31. Evaluating research reports -- Appendices. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0838526950 9780838526958 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>99055198  
<br/><br/><label>Nat. Bib. No.: </label>GBA038734  bnb 
<br/><br/><label>Nat. Bib. Agency Control No.: </label>100941539  DNLM 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Medicine--Research--Methodology.<br/>Research Design<br/>M�edecine--Recherche--M�ethodologie.<br/>Medicine--Research--Methodology.<br/>Medicina (pesquisa)
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>R850  / .P83 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>610/.72 
<br/><br/><label>National Library of Medicine Call No.: </label>2001 G-353 W 20.5  / P853f 2000