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Research writing in dentistry / J. Anthony von Fraunhofer.
Levy Dental Medicine Library - Stacks RK80 .V66 2010
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LIBRA RK80 .V66 2010
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Von Fraunhofer, J. A. (Joseph Anthony)
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Dentistry--Research--Methodology.
- Dentistry.
- Technical writing.
- Dental Research--methods.
- Writing.
- Data Interpretation, Statistical.
- Research Design.
- Dentistry--Research.
- Methodology.
- Medical Subjects:
- Dental Research--methods.
- Writing.
- Data Interpretation, Statistical.
- Research Design.
- Physical Description:
- ix, 187 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Ames, Iowa : Wiley-Blackwell, 2010.
- Summary:
- "How to Do Research and Write It Up provides its readers with a uniquely practical guide to selecting, designing, and writing up a research project. Of particular use to the dental student, both pre- and post-doctoral, this is a no-nonsense guide that presents concrete advice and information that can be absorbed quickly and effectively. By asking simple questions, the useful book enables readers to develop, analyze and present a program of research work. How to Do Research and Write It Up begins with the basic principles of research: what it is and how to select a topic and plan a program. It then moves on to discuss study design, methods and materials, presenting results and undertaking a literature review. It concludes with a section on basic statistics and analysis. Precepts and guidance are illustrated throughout with examples from dentistry"--Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- What is research?
- Research planning
- Performing research
- How to design a research study
- Non-bench Research
- Sources of Error and Avoiding the "Whoops" Factor
- Reports, dissertations and scientific papers
- Introduction and Literature review
- Methods and materials (experimental)
- Results
- The discussion
- Conclusions
- The abstract
- Writing style and technique
- Getting published
- Basic statistics
- Data and data distributions
- Averages (measures of central tendency)
- Measures of dispersion
- Probability and the Normal curve
- Presentation of data
- Comparing sample means
- Student's t-test
- Analysis of variance
- Power analysis
- Multiple comparisons
- Chi square test
- Correlation and regression
- Weibull analysis
- Ranking tests.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780813807621
- 081380762X
- OCLC:
- 456641875
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