Overview

Clinically oriented professionals and students need to understand and evaluate the research and statistics in professional articles, especially given today's emphasis on evidence-based practice. This book consists of updates of 33 previously published articles from the Journal of the American Academy of Child Adolescence/ Psychiatry, as well as an introduction and a conclusion on how to analyze and evaluate research articles. The book demonstrates how the research approach and design help determine the appropriate statis­ tical analysis. Short, independent, chapters that do not have to be read in order; A guide to understanding why a particular statistic was selected; An emphasis on effects sizes including measures of risk potency; Numerous cross-disciplinary examples to illustrate the material and Methods to help determine practical and clinical significance and their relation to meta-analysis and evidence-based practice. This book is intended for practitioners and students in psychology, education, counseling, mental and allied health, nursing, and medicine, and as a text for courses on understanding research methods and statistics. Exposure to research and statistics is assumed.

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Author:   Larry M. Leitner ,  Scott D Churchill
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Inc
Imprint:   Routledge
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 0.60cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.136kg
ISBN:  

9780805894066

ISBN 10:   0805894063
Pages:   90
Publication Date:   16 November 2005
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

The Humanistic Psychologist Volume 33 Editor's lntroduction; Hea’ing Hatred; How Will I Proceed?-What Is My Method? Reflexive Embodied Empathy: A Phenomenology of Participant-Researcher Intersubjectivity; Finding and Correcting Flawed Research Literatures Rigorously Respecting the Person: The Artistic Science of Experiential Personal Constructivism; Humanistic Research in the Wake of Postmodemism.

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Larry M. Leitner, Miami University, Oxford, OH.

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