Epidemiology & Biostatistics, Public Health & Preventive Medicine, Medical Ethics, General & Miscellaneous - Medicine, Medical Research, Reference - General & Miscellaneous, Social Sciences - General & Miscellaneous, Medicine - History
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Overview
This book describes the basic methods of investigation used by these disciplines, and shows how they are related and how they differ. The multidisciplinary team of authors brings together a wide range of expertise to provide an introduction to: social surveys, qualitative interviewing, ethnography and participant observation, historical research methods, the strategies used by demographers and epidemiologists to measure and compare disease distributions in very different populations, the concepts underlying statistical testing, experimental procedures such as randomised drug trials, the use of placebos and controls, and the key features of the scientific method in laboratory research.Editorials
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Ten contributed chapters give a broad introduction to the main methods of research and investigation used in the area of health and disease, describing methods used by social scientists, historians, statisticians, demographers, epidemiologists, and biomedical researchers. The second of nine volumes in the "series" intended for a wide audience of lay people and professional health care workers. Distributed by Taylor & Francis. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)Book Details
Published
March 28, 1994
Publisher
Buckingham ; Published by the Open University Press in association wth the Open University, 1994.
Pages
132
Format
Paperback
ISBN
9780335192526