Data Collection

Evidence-based medicine: reading and writing medical papers

by Kaura, Amit

fromCrash course

0 Type: Book

"If you are not sure: why you need to know the standard deviation of a sample, when to use a case-control study and when a cohort study, what to say to your patient who asks about the benefits and harms of a drug, how to argue the case for inclusion of a drug on the hospital for…

Descriptive taxonomy: the foundation of biodiversity research

fromSystematics Association special volume

0 Type: Book

"We are living in an age where biodiversity is being lost at an unprecedented rate, with the well-documented problems of habitat destruction being compounded by the largely unknown future effects of Climate Change. High quality, accurate and reliable biodiversity data are needed…

Sampling of populations: methods and applications

by Lemeshow, Stanley, Levy, Paul S.

fromWiley series in survey methodology

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This book deals with the basic and most current practices in population sampling. It can be used to find the essential statistical methods for survey design and analysis, while also exploring techniques that have developed over the past decade. Further, it helps understanding th…

Internet, phone, mail, and mixed-mode surveys: the tailored design method

by Smyth, Jolene D., Dillman, Don A., Christian, Leah Melani

0 Type: Book

The classic survey design reference, updated for the digital age For over two decades, Dillman's classic text on survey design has aided both students and professionals in effectively planning and conducting mail, telephone, and, more recently, Internet surveys.

Internet, phone, mail, and mixed-mode surveys: the tailored design method

by Smyth, Jolene D., Dillman, Don A., Dillman, Don A., Christian, Leah Melani

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"This update of the classic text on survey design enables researchers to apply tried-and-true methodologies across multiple channels for the best possible response rates and most insightful feedback. At the center of this resource is the concept of tailored design, which strives…

Internet, phone, mail, and mixed-mode surveys: the tailored design method

by Smyth, Jolene D., Dillman, Don A., Christian, Leah Melani

0 Type: Book

The classic survey design reference, updated for the digital ageFor over two decades, Dillman's classic text on survey design has aided both students and professionals in effectively planning and conducting mail, telephone, and, more recently, Internet surveys. The new edition i…

Internet, phone, mail, and mixed-mode surveys: the tailored design method

by Smyth, Jolene D., Dillman, Don A., Christian, Leah Melani

0 Type: Book

Dillman's text on survey design aids both students and professionals in effectively planning and conducting mail, telephone, and Internet surveys. The fourth edition is updated and revised, and features expanded coverage of mobile phones, tablets, and the use of do-it-yourself s…

Internet, phone, mail, and mixed-mode surveys: the tailored design method

by Smyth, Jolene D., Dillman, Don A., Christian, Leah Melani

0 Type: Book

Dillman's text on survey design aids both students and professionals in effectively planning and conducting mail, telephone, and Internet surveys. The fourth edition is updated and revised, and features expanded coverage of mobile phones, tablets, and the use of do-it-yourself s…

Internet, phone, mail, and mixed-mode surveys: the tailored design method

by Smyth, Jolene D., Dillman, Don A., Christian, Leah Melani

0 Type: Book

"The classic survey design reference, updated for the digital ageFor over two decades, Dillman's classic text on survey design has aided both students and professionals in effectively planning and conducting mail, telephone, and, more recently, Internet surveys. The new edition …

AIDS: the burdens of history

by Fee, Elizabeth, Fox, Daniel M.

0 Type: Book

"The AIDS epidemic has posed more urgent historical questions than any other disease of modern times. How have societies responded to epidemics in the past? Why did the disease emerge when and where it did? How has it spread among members of particular groups? And how will the p…

Just one child: science and policy in Deng's China

by Greenhalgh, Susan

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Population politics are a major issue in China. Susan Greenhaigh explores the origins and development of the one-child policy from the late 1970s to the present day, showing how sociopolitical life in China has been subject to scientization and statisticalization.

Big data and health analytics

0 Type: Book

This book provides frameworks, use cases, and examples that illustrate the role of big data and analytics in modern health care, including how public health information can inform health delivery. Written for health care professionals and executives, it presents the current thin…

Survey research: the basics

by Punch, Keith, Punch, Keith

fromEssential resources for social research

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Survey Research can be used as an independent guide or as a workbook to accompany Keith F Punch's bestselling Introduction to Social Research (SAGE, 1998). It represents a short, practical `how-to' book on a central methodology technique aimed at the beginning researcher. The fo…

Qualitative organizational research: core methods and current challenges

by Cassell, Catherine, Symon, Gillian

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This comprehensive text brings together in one volume the range of methods available for undertaking qualitative data collection and analysis. This book contains 27 chapters, each focusing on a specific technique. The first part of the volume looks at contemporary uses of qualit…

Driving Quality in Informatics: Fulfilling the Promise

by Courtney, K.L, ITCH (Conference), Kuo, A., Shabestari, O.

fromStudies in health technology and informatics

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Although the data in healthcare comes from and relates to patients, it has generally been the clinician and not the patient who has been seen as the end-user of health information or health information technology. This seems set to change though, as the evolution of new online t…

Digital infrastructure for the learning health system: the foundation for continuous improvement in heal…

by Institute of Medicine (U.S.)., Roundtable on Value & Science-Driven Health Care, Grossmann, Claudia, McGinnis, J. Michael, Powers, Brian,, B.A

fromLearning healthcare system series

0 Type: Book

Like many other industries, health care is increasingly turning to digital information and the use of electronic resources. The Institute of Medicine's Roundtable on Value & Science-Driven Health Care hosted three workshops to explore current efforts and opportunities to acceler…