Research Made Easy in Complementary and Alternative Medicine
Author | : Mark Kane |
Publisher | : Made Easy |
Total Pages | : 215 |
Release | : 2004 |
ISBN-10 | : 0443070334 |
ISBN-13 | : 9780443070334 |
Rating | : 4/5 (34 Downloads) |
Book excerpt: Highly engaging and visually attractive, this clear and lively introduction to research is designed to help readers gain confidence and initiate small practice-based research projects. Providing a foundation in understanding research, it includes valuable information on how to get started, how to formulate useful and answerable research questions, a range of methodologies set in terms of their usefulness and limitations, strategies for seeing a project through completion, and writing up the results. Pitfalls and pointers are also highlighted along the way. Provides a realistic and clear introduction to understanding research Features simple explanation of all key concepts Offers clear guidance on how to formulate and initiate a project Includes a summary of pros and cons of each research methodology Provides examples relating to each method Includes checklists, summary boxes, warnings, tips and illustrations in abundance