Conducting and Reading Research in Health and Human Performance

Abstract

Part I The Research Process 1 The Nature and Purpose of Research 2 The Research Problem 3 Searching the Literature 4 Developing the Research Plan 5 Ethical Concerns in Research 6 Selection of Research Participants: Sampling Procedures 7 Reading and Evaluating Research Reports Part II Types of Research 8 Experimental Research 9 Descriptive Research 10 Qualitative Research 11 Meta-Analysis 12 Additional Research Approaches Part III Data Analysis 13 Descriptive Data Analysis 14 Inferential Data Analysis 15 Measurement in Research Part IV The Research Report 16 Developing the Research Proposal 17 Writing the Research Report