Author: | Elizabeth DePoy, PhD, OTR, MSW, Laura N. Gitlin, PhD., FGSA, FAAN | ISBN: | 9780323261722 |
Publisher: | Elsevier Health Sciences | Publication: | March 6, 2015 |
Imprint: | Mosby | Language: | English |
Author: | Elizabeth DePoy, PhD, OTR, MSW, Laura N. Gitlin, PhD., FGSA, FAAN |
ISBN: | 9780323261722 |
Publisher: | Elsevier Health Sciences |
Publication: | March 6, 2015 |
Imprint: | Mosby |
Language: | English |
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.
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.