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Clinical Research in Communicative Disorders

Principles and Strategies

Third Edition
M. N. Hegde
  • Pages 589
  • Format 7" x 10"
  • Product Code 10062 ( MR #030695 )

Price $64.00

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This book offers the most comprehensive treatment of issues and methods of research in communicative disorders. The third edition retains the strengths of the previous editions while adding a chapter on treatment research. This chapter provides an overview of special issues faced by treatment researchers. It also provides a review of randomized clinical trials and examines their usefulness in evaluating treatment procedures in communicative disorders.
 
Clinical Research in Communicative Disorders: Principles and Strategies–Third Edition includes all major group and single-subject designs and offers a comparative evaluation of different experimental design options.
 
Contents include:
  • Why Study Science and Research Methods?
  • An Introduction to Research:The Formal and Formative Approaches;Science and Its Basic Concepts;Treatment Research;Other Types of Research
  • Observation and Measurement, Research Designs:An Introduction;The Group Design Strategy;Single-Subject Designs
  • Generality Through Replications
  • Comparative Evaluation of Design Strategies
  • Designs Versus Paradigms in Research
  • How to Formulate Research Questions
  • How to Write Research Reports
  • How to Evaluate Research Reports
  • Ethics of Research

  • Table of Contents

  • Subject Index

  • Copyright 2003