Author

Jackson, Winston

Verberg, Norine

Edition

4th ed.

Place of Publication

[Toronto, ON]

Publisher

Pearson Prentice Hall

Publication Date

2007

Physical Description

xix, 568 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Subjects

Social Sciences

Research Design

Research

ISBN

0131879251

9780131879256

Language

English

Material Type

Book

Audience

Professional

Location

Victoria Library

Call Number

Q180.A1 J12 2007

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Author

McDowell, Ian

Edition

3rd ed.

Place of Publication

New York, NY

Publisher

Oxford University Press

Publication Date

2006

Physical Description

xvi, 748 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.

Series

Proquest Ebook Central

Subjects

Health Surveys

Health Status Indicators

Pain Measurement

Psychiatric Status Rating Scales

Psychological Tests

Questionnaires

ISBN

9780195165678

0195165675

Language

English

Material Type

Book

Ebook

Audience

Professional

Location

Vancouver Library

Internet

Call Number

WA900 M478m 2006

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Alternate Title

Research as ceremony

Author

Wilson, Shawn

Place of Publication

Halifax, NS

Publisher

Fernwood Publishing

Publication Date

2008

Physical Description

144 p. : ill. ; 23 cm

Subjects

Indigenous Peoples

Research Design

Population Groups

Social Sciences

ISBN

9781552662816

Material Type

Book

Audience

Professional

Location

Vancouver Library

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Author

Aday, Lu Ann

Cornelius, Llewellyn J

Edition

3rd ed.

Place of Publication

San Francisco, CA

Publisher

Jossey-Bass Publishers

Publication Date

2006

Physical Description

xxii, 518 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.

Subjects

Health Surveys

Data Collection - methods

Research Design

Abstract

Thinking about topics for health surveys

Matching the survey design to survey objectives

Defining and clarifying the survey variables

Thinking through the relationships between variables

Choosing the methods of data collection

Deciding who will be in the sample

Deciding how many will be in the sample

General principles for formulating questions

Formulating questions about health

Formulating questions about demographics and behavior

Formulating questions about knowledge and attitudes

Guidelines for formatting the questionnaire

Monitoring and carrying out the survey

Preparing the data for analysis

Planning and implementing the analysis of the data

Writing the research report

ISBN

9780787975609

Language

English

Material Type

Book

Audience

Professional

Location

Vancouver Library

Call Number

W 84.3 A221 2006

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Alternate Title

Primary care tools for clinicians

Author

Loretz, Lorraine

Place of Publication

[St. Louis, MO]

Publisher

Elsevier Mosby

Publication Date

c2005

Physical Description

xv, 485 p. : ill. ; 28 cm. + 1 CD-ROM (4 3/4 in.)

Subjects

Medical History Taking

Medical Records

Questionnaires

Health Status Indicators

Health Surveys

Geriatric Assessment

Nursing Assessment

Nutrition Assessment

Psychiatric Status Rating Scales

ISBN

0323019838 (pbk.)

Language

English

Material Type

Book

CD

Audience

Professional

Location

Vancouver Library

Call Number

WB200 L869p 2005

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Author

Dempsey, Kathy

Place of Publication

Medford, NJ

Publisher

Information Today, Inc.

Publication Date

2009

Physical Description

xvi, 294 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Subjects

Libraries

Public Relations

Marketing

Information Services

Advertising as Topic

Abstract

How and why people become accidental marketers

Starting with the basics of communication

Assessing your current situation

Using demographic, geographic, and census data

What marketing experts think is most important

Getting administrators, managers, and staff to buy in

Making evidence-based decisions with administrators

Don't shy away from statistics

Understanding the cycle of true marketing

Writing your formal plans

Basic rules for producing good promotional materials

Getting the message out

Using your website for public relations and outreach

Finally, the fun stuff

ISBN

9781573873680

Language

English

Material Type

Book

Audience

Professional

Location

Vancouver Library

Call Number

Z716.3 D425 2009

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Editor

Hulley, Stephen B

Edition

3rd ed.

Place of Publication

Philadelphia, PA

Publisher

Lippincott Williams & Wilkins

Publication Date

2007

Physical Description

xv, 367 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.

Subjects

Epidemiologic Methods

Research Design

Clinical Trials as Topic

Abstract

Getting started: the anatomy and physiology of clinical research

Conceiving the research question

Choosing the study subjects : specification, sampling, and recruitment

Planning the measurements : precision and accuracy

Getting ready to estimate sample size : hypotheses and underlying principles

Estimating sample size and power : applications and examples

Designing a cohort study

Designing cross-sectional and case-control studies

Enhancing causal inference in observational studies

Designing a randomized blinded trial

Alternative trial designs and implementation issues

Designing studies of medical tests

Utilizing existing databases

Addressing ethical issues

Designing questionnaries and interviews

Data management

Implementing the study and quality control

Community and international studies

Writing and funding a research proposal

ISBN

9780781782104

0781782104

Language

English

Material Type

Book

Audience

Professional

Location

Vancouver Library

Call Number

WA950 D485 2007

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Author

Krueger, Richard A

Casey, Mary Anne

Edition

4th ed.

Place of Publication

Thousand Oaks, Calif.

Publisher

Sage Publications

Publication Date

2009

Physical Description

xviii, 219 p. ; 25 cm

Subjects

Focus Groups

Social Sciences - methods

Research

ISBN

9781412969475

Language

English

Material Type

Book

Audience

Professional

Location

Vancouver Library

Call Number

HA29 K94 2009

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Corporate Author

Groves, Robert M

Edition

2nd ed.

Place of Publication

Hoboken, NJ

Publisher

Wiley

Publication Date

2009

Physical Description

xxi, 461 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.

Series

Wiley series in survey methodology

Subjects

Data Collection - methods

Data Interpretation, Statistical

Research Design

Social Sciences

ISBN

9780470465462

Language

English

Material Type

Book

Audience

Professional

Location

Vancouver Library

Call Number

HA31.2 S963 2009

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Author

King, Samantha

Place of Publication

Minneapolis, MN

Publisher

University of Minnesota Press

Publication Date

2006

Physical Description

xxxii, 157 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Subjects

Breast Neoplasms - economics

Gift Giving

Fund Raising

Financial Support

Marketing

Politics

United States

ISBN

9780816648986

0816648980

Language

English

Material Type

Book

Audience

Patient or Public

Location

Vancouver Library

Call Number

WP870 K54p 2006

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Editor

Andrew, Sharon

Halcomb, Elizabeth

Place of Publication

Chichester, UK

Publisher

Wiley-Blackwell

Publication Date

2009

Physical Description

xvii, 230 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.

Subjects

Nursing Research - methods

Research Design

Data Collection

Health services research - methods

ISBN

9781405167772

Material Type

Book

Audience

Professional

Location

Vancouver Library

Call Number

WY20.5 M685 2009

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Author

Campbell, Michael J

Machin, David

Walters, Stephen J

Edition

4th ed.

Place of Publication

New York, NY

Publisher

John Wiley & Sons

Publication Date

2007

Physical Description

xii, 331 p. ; 24 cm.

Subjects

Biometry - methods

Research Design

Statistics as Topic

Statistics - methods

ISBN

9780470025192

0470025190

Language

English

Material Type

Book

Audience

Professional

Location

Vancouver Library

Surrey Library

Victoria Library

Kelowna Library

Abbotsford Library

Call Number

HA29 C189m 2007

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Author

Angell, Marcia

Edition

updated ed.

Place of Publication

New York, NY

Publisher

Random House Trade Paperbacks

Publication Date

2005

Physical Description

xxviii, 319p. ; 21 cm.

Subjects

Drug Industry - economics

Advertising as Topic

Pharmaceutical Preparations - economics

Biomedical Research - economics

Government Regulation

Marketing of Health Services

United States

Abstract

The $200 billion colossus -- The creation of a new drug -- How much does the pharmaceutical industry really spend on R & D? -- Just how innovative is this industry? -- "Me-too" drugs : the main business of the pharmaceutical industry -- How good are new drugs? -- The hard sell...lures, bribes, and kickbacks -- Marketing masquerading as education -- Marketing masquerading as research -- Patent games : stretching out monopolies -- Buying influence : how the industry makes sure it gets its way -- Is the party over? -- How to save the pharmaceutical industry...and get our money's worth.

ISBN

9780375760945

0375760946

Language

English

Material Type

Book

Audience

Professional

Location

Vancouver Library

Call Number

QV736 A583t 2005

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Author

Norris, Deborrah

Edition

4th ed.

Place of Publication

Medford, NJ

Publisher

Plexus Pub.

Publication Date

2009

Physical Description

x, 157 p. : ill. ; 28 cm.

Subjects

Clinical Trials as Topic - standards

Clinical Trials as Topic - methods

Records as Topic - standards

Research Design - standards

Data Collection - methods

United States

Handbooks

ISBN

9780937548707

Language

English

Material Type

Book

Audience

Professional

Location

Vancouver Library

Call Number

QV771.4 N854c 2009

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Author

Sudsawad, Pimjai

Place of Publication

Austin, TX

Publisher

Southwest Educational Development Laboratory, National Center for the Dissemination of Disability Research

Publication Date

2007

Subjects

Knowledge Management

Health Services Research

Delivery of Health Care

Public Health

Communication

Research

Organizational Case Studies

Translational Research - methods

Diffusion of Innovation

Social Marketing

Language

English

Material Type

Book

Online

Audience

Professional

Location

Internet

Corporate Author

Oncology Roundtable

Place of Publication

Washington, DC

Publisher

Advisory Board Company

Publication Date

2004

Subjects

Health Facility Planning

Cancer Care Facilities

Planning Techniques

Quality Assurance, Health Care

Language

English

Material Type

Book

Audience

Professional

Location

Vancouver Library

Call Number

QZ200 O57c 2004

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Author

Gravetter, Frederic J.

Wallnau, Larry B.

Edition

5th ed.

Place of Publication

Belmont, CA

Publisher

Wadsworth Thomson Learning

Publication Date

2000

Physical Description

xv, 751 p. : ill. ; 26 cm

Subjects

Psychometrics - education

Statistics as Topic

Psychology- statistics & numerical data

Behavioral Sciences

ISBN

0534359264

Language

English

Material Type

Book

Audience

Professional

Location

Vancouver Library

Call Number

HA29 G776 2000

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Editor

Addington-Hall, Julia M

Place of Publication

Oxford

Publisher

Oxford University Press

Publication Date

2007

Physical Description

xii, 315 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Subjects

Palliative Care

Research - methods

Clinical Trials - methods

Research Design

Writing

Abstract

Principles of designing clinical trials in palliative care / Michael I. Bennett.

Ethical and practical issues in designing and conducting clinical trials in palliative care / Yolanda Zuriarrain Reyna, Michael I. Bennett, and Eduardo Bruera.

Survey design / Julia M. Addington-Hall.

Survey research: methods of data collection, questionnaire design, and piloting / Julia M. Addington-Hall.

Experimental and quasi-experimental designs / Massimo Costantini and Irene J. Higginson.

Outcome measurement / Irene J. Higginson and Richard Harding.

Systematic reviews / Marjolein Gysels and Irene J. Higginson.

Qualitative methods of data collection and analysis / Sheila Payne.

Ethical and practice issues in qualitative research / Frances Sheldon and Anita Sargeant.

Evaluating qualitative research / Michele Crossley.

Mixed methods for evaluation research / Christine Ingleton and Sue Davies.

Ethnography / Jane Seymour.

Documentary analysis and policy / Margaret O’Connor

How to develop a research question / Laura Kelly and Patrick Stone.

Writing a research proposal / Chris Todd

How to gain research ethics approval / Peter Speck.

How to use a statistician / Malcolm Campbell.

How to write a paper / Julia M. Addington-Hall.

ISBN

9780198503251

0198530250

Language

English

Material Type

Book

Audience

Professional

Location

Vancouver Library

Victoria Library

Kelowna Library

Call Number

WB310 R431 2007

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Editor

Kazdin, Alan E

Edition

3rd ed.

Place of Publication

Washington, DC

Publisher

American Psychological Association

Publication Date

2003

Subjects

Psychology, Experimental - methods

Research Design

Psychology, Clinical - methods

ISBN

1557989583

Language

English

Material Type

Book

Audience

Professional

Location

Vancouver Library

Call Number

HA29 M592k 2003

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Author

Petrie, Aviva

Sabin, Caroline

Edition

2nd ed.

Place of Publication

Malden, MA

Publisher

Blackwell Publishing

Publication Date

2005

Subjects

Data Interpretation, Statistical

Research Design

Statistics as Topic

Statistics - methods

ISBN

9781405127806

1405127805

Language

English

Material Type

Book

Audience

Professional

Location

Kelowna Library

Call Number

HA29 P495 2005

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