Table of Contents
1 Cover
5 Preface
7 CHAPTER 1: Introduction: The Aims of this Book What is ‘Research’? Overview of Research Methods The ‘Sciences’ of Research To Sum Up Final Word References
8 CHAPTER 2: Experimental Quantitative Approaches: Introduction The ‘Logic’ of the Experimental Approach A Basic Experiment Experimental Designs Using Yourself as a Guinea‐Pig Why Have a Control Group? Example 1: Martin Seligman's Learned Helplessness Experiments Example 2: My Own Experiment Randomisation To Sum Up References
9 CHAPTER 3: Experimental Quantitative Approaches: Introduction Example 1: The Nineteenth‐Century Cholera Epidemic in London Example 2: The Paddington Station Experiment Example 3: Urban Sound Planning in Brighton and Hove Example 4: An Experiment to Examine T2DM Decision Making Example 5: Reduction of Postoperative Pain by Encouragement and Instruction of Patients To Sum Up References
10 CHAPTER 4: Experimental Quantitative Approaches: Introduction Phase 0 Clinical Trials Phase I Clinical Trials Phase I Clinical Trials in Oncology Phase II Clinical Trials Safety in Clinical Trials Why Do People Take Part in these Trials? To Sum Up References
11 CHAPTER 5: Experimental Quantitative Approaches: Introduction Equipoise RCT Research Design Blinding Example 1: Streptomycin treatment of pulmonary tuberculosis Example 2: Randomised, prospective, single‐blind comparison of laparoscopic versus small‐incision cholecystectomy Example 3: Arthroscopic Partial Meniscectomy versus Sham Surgery for a Degenerative Meniscal Tear Discussion References
12 CHAPTER 6: Observational Quantitative Approaches: Introduction Example 1: The 1946 National Birth Cohort (MRC National Survey of Health and Development) Example 2: The mortality of doctors in relation to their smoking habits – a preliminary report Example 3: The Framingham Heart Study Example 4: Psycho‐Social Aspects of Breast Disease and Its Treatment Sampling in Cohort Studies Data collection Issues around Recruitment and Retention Pros and Cons of Cohort Studies Physical Activity and Risk of Ovarian Cancer: A Prospective Cohort Study in the United States To Sum Up References
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CHAPTER 7: Observational Quantitative Approaches:
Introduction
Example 1: Smoking and Lung Cancer
The Case‐Control Study Approach
Example 2: Depression and disability in people with podoconiosis
Measuring