• Best Practices in Data Cleaning: A Complete Guide to Everything You Need to Do Before and After Collecting Your Data

    Many researchers jump from data collection directly into testing hypothesis without realizing these tests can go profoundly wrong without clean data. This book provides a clear, accessible, step-by-step process of important best practices in preparing for

    • ASIN: 1412988012
    • ASIN: 1412988012
    • ISBN: 9781412988018
    • Brand: SAGE Publications, Inc
    • Manufacturer: SAGE Publications, Inc

  • Evaluation Ethics for Best Practice: Cases and Commentaries

    Focusing on ethical challenges in program evaluation, this innovative book features six case-study scenarios that end at a point where the evaluator faces a significant decision about how to proceed. For each case, two distinguished evaluators offer insights on the best course of action to choose, and why. "What If?" boxes modify the details of the scenarios, inviting readers to reflect on whether these changes alter the ethical implications of the case. Six additional cases are presented with questions that guide readers to develop their own ethical analyses. The book is organized to follow t... [Read More]

    • ASIN: 1593855699
    • ASIN: 1593855699
    • ISBN: 1593855699
    • Brand: The Guilford Press
    • Manufacturer: The Guilford Press

  • Foundations of Clinical Research: Applications to Practice

    Draw upon the foundations necessary for finding and interpreting research evidence across all healthcare professions. Revised to reflect the most current changes in the field of clinical research in rehabilitation and medicine, you’ll find a growing emphasis on evidence-based practice (EBP) as well as new vocabulary that is being integrated into research and practice across disciplines.

    • ASIN: 0803646577
    • ASIN: 0803646577
    • ISBN: 0803646577
    • Manufacturer: F.A. Davis Company

  • Foundations of Clinical Research: Applications to Practice (3rd Edition)

    Foundations of Clinical Research: Applications to Practice, 3/e provides the foundations that are necessary for finding and interpreting research evidence across all healthcare professions. This book has been revised to reflect the most current changes in the field of clinical research in rehabilitation and medicine, including the growing emphasis on evidence-based practice (EBP) that has become central to all of health care and the new vocabulary that is being integrated into research and practice across disciplines. There is also a new chapter on systematic reviews and meta-analysis as... [Read More]

    • ASIN: 0131716409
    • ASIN: 0131716409
    • ISBN: 0131716409
    • Brand: Prentice Hall
    • Manufacturer: Prentice Hall

  • Social Science Research: Principles, Methods, and Practices

    This book is designed to introduce doctoral and graduate students to the process of conducting scientific research in the social sciences, business, education, public health, and related disciplines. It is a one-stop, comprehensive, and compact source for foundational concepts in behavioral research, and can serve as a stand-alone text or as a supplement to research readings in any doctoral seminar or research methods class. This book is currently used as a research text at universities on six continents and will shortly be available in nine different languages.

    • ASIN: 1475146124
    • ASIN: 1475146124
    • ISBN: 1475146124
    • Manufacturer: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform

  • The Practice of Nursing Research: Appraisal, Synthesis, and Generation of Evidence, 6th Edition

    With frequent examples from the best of the research literature, this authoritative textprovides you with a comprehensive foundation for appraisal, synthesis, and generation of evidence for clinical practice. This new edition features an enhanced focus on research as the foundation for evidence-based practice, along with improved readability and more background coverage of qualitative research. This textbook prepares you to understand and apply research, and to go on to conduct original research.Includes all the information needed to help both beginning nurses and beginning nurse-researchers u... [Read More]

    • ASIN: 1416054685
    • ASIN: 1416054685
    • ISBN: 1416054685
    • Brand: Brand: Saunders
    • Manufacturer: Saunders

  • Research Methods for Social Workers: A Practice-Based Approach

    From the outset, the ultimate goal of Research Methods for Social Workers has been to serve as a research text that students would be able to understand and read in full. This third edition features important additions and changes to the original text (while maintaining its accessible style). The order of chapters is re-arranged to improve the flow of introducing and developing concepts of the research process, and the authors have included some much-needed information to meet the changing and evolving standards of social work education. At its core, this book is designed to bring complex idea... [Read More]

    • ASIN: 019085894X
    • ASIN: 019085894X
    • ISBN: 019085894X
    • Manufacturer: Oxford University Press

  • Clinician's Guide to Research Methods in Family Therapy: Foundations of Evidence-Based Practice

    A research methods text with a unique focus on evidence-based practice with couples and families, this book bridges the divide between research and clinical work. The text offers comprehensive, user-friendly coverage of measurement and design issues and basic qualitative and quantitative methods. Illustrating research concepts with clinically relevant examples and sample studies, it teaches clear steps for evaluating different types of studies and identifying common threats to validity. Of special value to therapists, it provides a systematic framework for using research to guide the selection... [Read More]

    • ASIN: 1462515975
    • ASIN: 1462515975
    • ISBN: 1462515975
    • Brand: The Guilford Press
    • Manufacturer: The Guilford Press

  • Research Methods in Practice: Strategies for Description and Causation

    The Second Edition of Research Methods in Practice: Strategies for Description and Causation sets an entirely new standard for presenting and learning research methods. The perspective gained from this text makes it a truly necessary tool for such applied disciplines as public affairs and administration, public policy, psychology, urban affairs, education, sociology, social work, business, public health, political science, economics, communications and criminal justice.   Imbued with a deep commitment to make social and policy research methods accessible and meaningful, the Second Edition of ... [Read More]

    • ASIN: 1452276404
    • ASIN: 1452276404
    • ISBN: 9781452276403
    • Brand: SAGE Publications, Inc
    • Manufacturer: SAGE Publications, Inc

  • The Training Measurement Book: Best Practices, Proven Methodologies, and Practical Approaches

    The Training Measurement Book offers managers, executives, and training and human resource professionals a method for measuring their investments in a way that provides information that is both actionable, credible, and meaningful to corporate leaders. Using the methods outlined in this important resource, you can free yourself from traditional, often cumbersome measurement models and put in place pragmatic, useful, and easy-to-implement approaches for measuring training activities.

    • ASIN: 1118682408
    • ASIN: 1118682408
    • ISBN: 1118682408
    • Brand: Pfeiffer
    • Manufacturer: Pfeiffer

  • Forensic Evaluation and Treatment of Juveniles: Innovation and Best Practices

    Psychologists have always played a key role in determining how the juvenile justice system assesses and treats young offenders. Recent neuropsychological findings shows that there are important developmental differences between juvenile offenders, such as varying levels of maturity, risk potential, and amenability to treatment, not to mention individualized personality traits and possible mental disorders. Psychologists must therefore strive for targeted rehabilitation services to avoid unfair treatment and redirect youth to healthier life choices.This book provides forensic clinicians with pr... [Read More]

    • ASIN: 1433819341
    • ASIN: 1433819341
    • ISBN: 1433819341
    • Manufacturer: American Psychological Association

  • The Practice of Social Research - Standalone Book

    NOTE: This book is a standalone book and will not include any access codes. A straightforward, comprehensive, and approachable guide to research as practiced by social scientists, the Fourteenth Edition of this \"gold-standard\" book gives readers the tools they need to apply research concepts practically, as both a researcher and a consumer. The author emphasizes the process by showing readers how to design and construct projects, introducing the various observation modes in use today, and answering critical questions about research methods-such as how to conduct online surveys and analyze bo... [Read More]

    • ASIN: 1305104943
    • UPC: 001305104943
    • ASIN: 1305104943
    • ISBN: 1305104943
    • Manufacturer: Cengage Learning

  • Project Management Methodologies, Governance and Success: Insight from Traditional and Transformative Research (Best Practices in Portfolio, Program, and Project Management)

    With all signs pointing to an increased use of and interest in project-based work in modern organizations, the better scholars are able to make sense of the current state of the field through theory development and empirical investigation, the more successful projects promise to become. This book is a welcome addition to our field and will be, I am sure, an important work and source for future reference well into the future.―Dr. Jeffrey Pinto, Pennsylvania State University The goal of practicing project managers and scholars alike lies in solving the puzzle of how to manage projects toward s... [Read More]

    • ASIN: 1466577711
    • ASIN: 1466577711
    • ISBN: 1466577711
    • Manufacturer: Auerbach Publications

  • Research Methodology: The Aims, Practices and Ethics of Science

    This book is an in-depth guide to effective scientific research. Ranging from the philosophical to the practical, it explains at the outset what science can – and can’t – achieve, and discusses its relationship to mathematics and laws. The author then pays extensive attention to the scientific method, including experimental design, verification, uncertainty and statistics. A major aim of the book is to help young scientists reflect upon the deeper aims of their work and make the best use of their talents in contributing to progress. To this end, it also includes sections on planning rese... [Read More]

    • ASIN: 3319271660
    • ASIN: 3319271660
    • ISBN: 3319271660
    • Manufacturer: Springer

  • Research Methods, Statistics, and Applications

    This updated Second Edition of Research Methods, Statistics, and Applications consistently integrates methods and statistics to prepare students for both graduate work and critical analysis of research as professionals and informed citizens. Maintaining the conversational writing style, multiple examples, and hands-on applications of key concepts that made the first edition so accessible, Kathrynn A. Adams and Eva K. Lawrence enhance the new edition with additional coverage of online data collection, inferential statistics, and regression and ANOVA, as well as a wide range of diverse examples.... [Read More]

    • ASIN: 1506350453
    • ASIN: 1506350453
    • ISBN: 1506350453
    • Manufacturer: SAGE Publications, Inc

  • Evidence-Based Practice in Nursing & Healthcare : A Guide to Best Practice

    Evidence-Based Practice in Nursing & Healthcare: A Guide to Best Practice, 4th EditionBernadette Mazurek Melnyk, PhD, RN, APRN-CNP, FAANP, FNAP, FAAN and Ellen Fineout-Overholt, PhD, RN, FNAP, FAAN Enhance your clinical decision-making capabilities and improve

    • UPC: 762687928

  • Phenomenology of Practice : Meaning-Giving Methods in Phenomenological Research and Writing

    Presents a detailed description of key concepts and leading scholars of phenomenology as it has evolved over the past century—thoughtfully works through the methodological issues of phenomenological reflection, empirical methods, and writing that various phenomenological

    • UPC: 33430997
    • Rating: 5.0

  • Incurable Me : Why the Best Medical Research Does Not Make It into Clinical Practice

    In Incurable Me, a maverick physician brings transparency to some of medicine's most closely guarded secrets. As he establishes a link between commerce and medical research, K. P. Stoller also explains how to treat some

    • UPC: 48160414

  • Cross-National Research Methodology and Practice - eBook

    Cross-National Research Methodology and Practice offers practical guidance for relative newcomers to cross-national research by analysing and evaluating the research process by focusing strongly on best practice in terms of methods and management. It raises

    • UPC: 299751552

  • Methodologies for Practice Research - eBook

    Order your digital inspection copy here.Sharp and focused, this book provides the need-to-know information on how to design and implement a good, high quality research project.Oriented around real-world application, it emphasizes the aspects of research most relevant to conducting

    • UPC: 658785147

  • Methodologies for Practice Research : Approaches for Professional Doctorates

    Sharp and focused, this book provides the need-to-know information on how to design and implement a good, high-quality research

    • UPC: 689676606

  • Methodologies for Practice Research : Approaches for Professional Doctorates

    Sharp and focused, this book provides the need-to-know information on how to design and implement a good, high-quality research

    • UPC: 838195280

  • Methodology and Research Practice in Southeast Asian Studies - eBook

    This book addresses the question of how to ground research practice in area-specific, yet globally entangled contexts such as 'Global Southeast Asia'. It offers a fruitful debate between various approaches to Southeast Asia Studies, while

    • UPC: 390859819

  • Sexual Harassment in Education and Work Settings: Current Research and Best Practices for Prevention - eBook

    Based on an idea conceived at a conference for the International Coalition of Sexual Harassment, this book offers up-to-date information about sexual harassment and other forms of sexual misconduct in academic and workplace settings, as

    • UPC: 630426058

  • Enterprise Risk Management : Today's Leading Research and Best Practices for Tomorrow's Executives

    Essential insights on the various aspects of enterprise risk management If you want to understand enterprise risk management from some of the leading academics and practitioners of this exciting new methodology, Enterprise Risk Management is

    • UPC: 10909216

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