Understanding research and evidence-based practice in communication disorders : a primer for students and practitioners /
William O. Haynes, Carole E. Johnson.
- Boston : Pearson, c2009.
- xvi, 512 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 493-499) and indexes.
The importance of research in communication sciences and disorders -- Scientific principles and methods used by researchers -- Crafting scientific and answerable questions -- Controlling threats and confounding variables through experimental design -- Levels of measurement and distribution of scores -- An introduction to hypothesis testing with inferential statistics -- Common statistical analyses for finding differences among two or more groups or conditions on one independent variable -- Studies that analyze differences in groups using factorial designs with more than one independent variable : between, within, and mixed -- Studies that measure relationships among variables or attempt prediction -- Single-subject experimental designs in clinical fields -- Overview of evidence-based practice -- Levels of evidence -- Framing the clinical question and searching for the evidence -- Evaluating the evidence -- Evidence-based practice : blending patient values/preferences, scientific evidence, and clinical expertise -- Producing research as a student or practitioner -- Grantsmanship : funding research endeavors.
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Communicative disorders--Research--Methodology. Speech therapy--Research--Methodology. Audiology--Research--Methodology. Evidence-based medicine. Communication Disorders. Evidence-Based Medicine. Research Design. Statistics as Topic--methods.