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Author:   R. Barker Bausell (Professor Emeritus, Professor Emeritus, University of Maryland)
Publisher:   Oxford University Press Inc
Imprint:   Oxford University Press Inc
Dimensions:   Width: 25.10cm , Height: 1.80cm , Length: 17.50cm
Weight:   0.617kg
ISBN:  

9780199385232

ISBN 10:   0199385238
Pages:   352
Publication Date:   09 April 2015
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Introduction Part I: Introduction to the Experimental Process Chapter One: Conducting Meaningful Experiments: Prerequisites and Purposes Chapter Two: Causal Inferences and the Strange (but Fictitious) Case of Mrs. Smith Chapter Three: An Introduction to the Design of Meaningful Experiments via the Continuing Adventures of Dr. Jones Chapter Four: Why Poorly Designed Experiments Are Inadequate for Making Complex Inferences: The Single Group Pretest/Post-test Design (or the Unfortunate Conclusion of Dr. Jones's Foray into the World of Science) Part II: Experimental Designs for Research Involving Humans Chapter Five: Enter the Control Group and a Deus ex Machina Chapter Six: The Design of Single Factor, Between Subjects Experiments Chapter Seven: Factorial Designs Chapter Eight: Repeated Measures, within Subjects, and Longitudinal Designs Part III: Maximizing and Implementing the Experimental Design Chapter Nine: Ensuring Sufficient Statistical Power Chapter Ten: Conducting the Experiment Part IV: Other Experimental Issues, Designs, and Paradigms Chapter Eleven: External Validity (Generalizability) Chapter Twelve: Three Additional Experimental Paradigms: Single-Case, Program Evaluation/Natural Experiments, and Quality Improvement Research Chapter Thirteen: Experimental Bias Chapter Fourteen: Epilogue and Review

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""The major purpose is to suggest methods for maximizing the yield of individual experiments. A related objective is to suggest strategies for increasing the methodological rigor with which such experiments are designed and conducted. These worthy objectives are met. This book is unique in content and presentation. It can be used as a textbook or as a supplemental textbook in research classes."" --Michalene A King, Doody's Health Science Book Review Featured in PsycCRITIQUES

This book is unique in content and presentation. It can be used as a textbook or as a supplemental textbook in research classes...Weighted Numerical Score: 99 - 5 Stars! Doody's Notes

The major purpose is to suggest methods for maximizing the yield of individual experiments. A related objective is to suggest strategies for increasing the methodological rigor with which such experiments are designed and conducted. These worthy objectives are met. This book is unique in content and presentation. It can be used as a textbook or as a supplemental textbook in research classes. --Michalene A King, Doody's Health Science Book Review

Author Information

R. Barker Bausell is Professor Emeritus at the University of Maryland. He is author of A Practical Guide to Conducting Empirical Research, Snake Oil Science, Nursing Research: Design, Statistics, and Computer Analysis, Conducting Meaningful Experiments: 40 Steps to Becoming a Scientist, and Advanced Research Methodology, and he has served as Research Director of a NIH Funded Research Center. Bausell was Editor-in-Chief of the peer reviewed journal Evaluation and the Health Profession for over 30 years. He taught research methods and statistics to graduate students for 25 years and served as Director of Evaluation and Director of the Center for Research Methodology at the University of Maryland School of Nursing.

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