Designing clinical research / Stephen B. Hulley, Steven R. Cummings, Warren S. Browner, Deborah G. Grady, Thomas B. Newman.
By: HULLEY, Stephen B.
Contributor(s): Hulley, Stephen B | Cummings, Steven R [author.] | Browner, Warren S [author.] | Grady, Deborah [author.] | Newman, Thomas B [author.].
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TextPublisher: Philadelphia, PA : Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, ℗♭2007Edition: 3rd ed.Description: xv, 367 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780781782104; 0781782104.Subject(s): | Clinical trials | Medicine -- Research -- Methodology | Epidemiology -- Research -- Methodology | Epidemiologic Methods | Research DesignDDC classification: 610.72 | Item type | Current location | Collection | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
Getting started: the anatomy and physiology of clinical research / Stephen B. Hulley, Thomas B. Newman, and Steven R. Cummings -- Conceiving the research question / Steven R. Cummings, Warren S. Browner, and Stephen B. Hulley -- Choosing the study subjects: specification, sampling, and recruitment / Stephen B. Hulley, Thomas B. Newman, and Steven R. Cummings -- Planning the measurements: precision and accuracy / Stephen B. Hulley, Jeffrey N. Martin, and Steven R. Cummings -- Getting ready to estimate sample size: hypotheses and underlying principles / Warren S. Browner, Thomas B. Newman, and Stephen B. Hulley -- Estimating sample size and power: applications and examples / Warren S. Browner, Thomas B. Newman, and Stephen B. Hulley -- Designing a cohort study / Steven R. Cummings, Thomas B. Newman, and Stephen B. Hulley -- Designing cross-sectional and case-control studies / Thomas B. Newman [and others] -- Enhancing causal inference in observational studies / Thomas B. Newman, Warren S. Browner, and Stephen B. Hulley -- Designing a randomized blinded trial / Steven R. Cummings, Deborah Grady, and Stephen B. Hulley -- Alternative trial designs and implementation issues / Deborah Grady, Steven R. Cummings, and Stephen B. Hulley -- Designing studies of medical tests / Thomas B. Newman [and others] -- Utilizing existing databases / Deborah Grady and Norman Hearst -- Addressing ethical issues / Bernard Lo -- Designing questionnaires and interviews / Steven R. Cummings and Stephen B. Hulley -- Data management / Michael A. Kohn -- Implementing the study and quality control / Deborah Grady and Stephen B. Hulley -- Community and international studies / Norman Hearst and Thomas E. Novotny -- Writing and funding a research proposal / Steven R. Cummings and Stephen B. Hulley.
Providing a practical guide to planning, tabulating, formulating, and implementing clinical research, with an easy-to-read, uncomplicated presentation. This edition incorporates current research methodology, including molecular and genetic clinical research, and offers an updated syllabus for conducting a clinical research workshop. Emphasis is on common sense as the main ingredient of good science. The book explains how to choose well-focused research questions and details the steps through all the elements of study design, data collection, quality assurance, and basic grant-writing. All chapters have been thoroughly revised, updated, and made more user-friendly.
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