QuantitativeMethodsforHealthResearch

QuantitativeResearchMethodsforHealthProfessionals:APracticalInteractiveCourseisasuperbintroductiontoepidemiology,biostatistics,andresearchmethodologyforthewholehealthcarecommunity.Drawingexamplesfromawiderangeofhealthresearch,thispracticalhandbookcoversimportantcontemporaryhealthresearchmethodssuchassurvivalanalysis,Coxregression,andmeta-analysis,theunderstandingofwhichgobeyondintroductoryconcepts.Thebookincludesself-assessmentexercisesthroughouttohelpstudentsexploreandreflectontheirunderstandingandacleardistinctionismadebetweena)knowledgeandconceptsthatallstudentsshouldensuretheyunderstandandb)thosethatcanbepursuedbystudentswhowishtodoso.TheauthorsincorporateaprogramofpracticalexercisesinSPSSusingaprepareddatasetthathelpstoconsolidatethetheoryanddevelopskillsandconfidenceindatahandling,analysisandinterpretation.