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100	1		_aBowling, Ann.
245	1	0	_aResearch methods in health : _binvestigating health and health services. / _cAnn Bowling.
250			_a4th ed.
260			_aMaidenhead : _bOpen University Press, _bMcGraw-Hill Education, _c2014.
300			_axix, 512 p. : _c25 cm.
504			_aIncludes glossary, bibliographical references and index.
505			_aContents: SECTION I Investigating health services and health: the scope of research - Evaluating health services: multidisciplinary collaboration -- Social research on health: sociological and psychological concepts and approaches – Quality of life: concepts, measurements and patient perception -- Health needs and their assessment: demography and epidemiology -- Costing health services: health economics SECTION II The philosophy, theory and practice of research The philosophical framework of measurement -- The principle of research SECTION III Quantitative research: sampling and research methods: sampling and research methods Sample size and sampling for quantitative and qualitative research – Quantitative research: surveys -- Quantitative research: Experiments and other analytic methods of investigation -- Sample selection and group assignment methods in experiments and other analytic methods SECTION IV The tools of quantitative research Data collection methods in quantitative research: questionnaire, interviews and their response rates -- Questionnaire design -- Techniques of survey interviewing -- Preparation of quantitative data for coding and analysis SECTION V Qualitative and mixed research methods Unstructured and structured observational studies -- Unstructured interviewing -- Focus groups -- Mixed research approaches
650		0	_aPublic health _xResearch _xMethodology.
650		0	_aCommunity health services _xResearch _xMethodology.
650		0	_aResearch -- Design.
856	4	1	_3Table of contents _uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/mh051/2001045769.html
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