Research in occupational therapy : methods of inquiry for enhancing practice /
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Philadelphia :
F.A. Davis,
c2006.
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Tabla de Contenidos:
- The necessity of research in a profession
- The aim of research : philosophical foundations of scientific inquiry
- The range of research
- Characteristics of sound inquiry and the research process
- Professional responsibility and roles in research
- Descriptive quantitative designs
- Group comparison studies : quantitative research designs
- Survey research design
- Study designs for secondary analysis of existing data
- Longitudinal research : design and analysis
- Single subject research
- Developing and evaluating quantitative data collection instruments
- Objective measurement : the influence of item response theory on research and practice
- Evaluating the use of assessments in practice and research
- Making meaning from numbers : measurements and descriptive statistics
- Concepts of inferential statistics : from sample to population
- Methods of analysis : from univariate to multivariate statistics
- Meta analysis
- Statistical reference tables
- Summary of common research statistics
- Overview of qualitative research
- Gathering qualitative data
- Contemporary tools for managing and analyzing qualitative data
- Qualitative approaches to interpreting and reporting data
- Exploring perceptions about services using Q methodology
- The nature and use of consensus methodology in practice
- Using mixed methods designs to study therapy and its outcomes
- Organizing the components of inquiry together : planning and implementing a coherent study and research tradition
- Searching the literature
- Generating research questions, designs and methods
- Integrity and ethics in the conduct of human subject research
- Obtaining funding for research
- Securing samples for effective research across research designs
- Collecting data
- Data management
- Disseminating research
- Writing a research report
- Assessing need for services
- Using research to develop and evaluate programs of service
- Participatory research in occupational therapy
- Building culturally competent community university partnerships for occupational therapy scholarship
- Participatory research for the development and evaluation of occupational therapy : researcher practitioner collaboration
- Definition, evolution and implementation of evidence based practice in occupational therapy
- Analyzing evidence for practice
- Managing change and barriers to evidence based practice
- Creating outcome research relevant for evidence based practice.