| |
| |
| |
Research Fundamentals | |
| |
| |
| |
Rehabilitation Research Definitions of Research Reasons for Developing Rehabilitation | |
| |
| |
Research Barriers to Rehabilitation Research Status of Rehabilitation Research | |
| |
| |
| |
Theory in Rehabilitation Research Relationships Among Theory, Research, and Practice Definitions of Theory Scope of Theory Evaluating Theory | |
| |
| |
| |
Research Ethics Boundaries Between Practice and Research Moral Principles of Action Informed Consent Research Codes of Ethics Research Risks | |
| |
| |
| |
Research Design | |
| |
| |
| |
Research Problems, Questions, and Hypotheses Developing Answerable Research | |
| |
| |
Questions Criteria for Evaluating Research Problems | |
| |
| |
| |
Research Paradigms Quantitative Paradigm Qualitative Paradigm Single-System Paradigm Relationships Among the Research Paradigms | |
| |
| |
| |
Design Overview Identification of Variables Design Dimensions Control | |
| |
| |
| |
Research Validity Internal Validity Construct Validity External Validity Relationships Among Types of Validity | |
| |
| |
| |
Selection and Assignment of Participants | |
| |
| |
Significance of Sampling and Assignment | |
| |
| |
Populations and Samples Probability | |
| |
| |
Sampling Nonprobability Sampling | |
| |
| |
Assignment to Groups Sample Size | |
| |
| |
| |
Experimental Designs | |
| |
| |
| |
Group Designs Randomized Controlled Trials | |
| |
| |
Single-Factor Experimental Designs | |
| |
| |
Multiple-Factor Experimental Designs | |
| |
| |
| |
Single-System Design | |
| |
| |
Problems with Group Designs | |
| |
| |
Characteristics of Single-System Designs | |
| |
| |
Single-System Designs | |
| |
| |
Limitations of Single-System Designs | |
| |
| |
| |
Nonexperimental Research | |
| |
| |
| |
Overview of Nonexperimental Research | |
| |
| |
Description Analysis of Relationships | |
| |
| |
Analysis of Differences | |
| |
| |
| |
Clinical Case Reports | |
| |
| |
Contributions of Case Reports to Theory and Practice | |
| |
| |
Purposes of Case Reports | |
| |
| |
Format of Case Reports | |
| |
| |
| |
Qualitative Research | |
| |
| |
Assumptions of the Qualitative Paradigm | |
| |
| |
Qualitative Designs | |
| |
| |
Qualitative Methods | |
| |
| |
| |
Epidemiology Ratios, Proportions, and Rates | |
| |
| |
Screening and Diagnosis | |
| |
| |
Nonexperimental Epidemiological | |
| |
| |
Designs | |
| |
| |
| |
Outcomes Research | |
| |
| |
Purpose of Outcomes Research | |
| |
| |
Frameworks for Outcomes Research | |
| |
| |
Measurement Tools for Outcomes | |
| |
| |
Research Design Issues for Outcomes Research | |
| |
| |
| |
Survey Research Scope of Survey | |
| |
| |
Research Types of Information | |
| |
| |
Types of Items Implementation | |
| |
| |
Overview Mailed Surveys | |
| |
| |
Internet Surveys | |
| |
| |
Interview Surveys | |
| |
| |
| |
Measurement | |
| |
| |
| |
Measurement Theory | |
| |
| |
Definitions of Measurement | |
| |
| |
Scales of Measurement | |
| |
| |
Types of Variables | |
| |
| |
Statistical Foundations of Measurement | |
| |
| |
Theory Measurement Frameworks | |
| |
| |
Measurement Reliability | |
| |
| |
Measurement Validity | |
| |
| |
Responsiveness to Change | |
| |
| |
| |
Methodological Research | |
| |
| |
Reliability Designs | |
| |
| |
Validity Designs | |
| |
| |
Responsiveness Design | |
| |
| |
| |
Data Analysis | |
| |
| |
| |
Statistical Reasoning Data Set Frequency | |
| |
| |
Distribution Central Tendency Variability Normal | |
| |
| |
Distribution Sampling | |
| |
| |
Distribution Significant Difference Errors | |
| |
| |
Power Statistical Conclusion Validity | |
| |
| |
| |
Statistical Analysis of Differences | |
| |
| |
The Basics Distributions for Analysis of Differences | |
| |
| |
Assumptions of Tests of Differences | |
| |
| |
Independence or Dependence of Samples Steps in the Statistical Testing of Differences | |
| |
| |
Statistical Analysis of Differences | |
| |
| |
| |
Statistical Analysis of Differences: Advanced and Special Techniques | |
| |
| |
Advanced ANOVA Techniques | |
| |
| |
Differences Between More Than One Independent Variable | |
| |
| |
Analysis of Single-System Designs Survival | |
| |
| |
Analysis Hypothesis Testing with Confidence | |
| |
| |
Intervals Power Analysis | |
| |
| |
| |
Statistical Analysis of Relationships: The Basics Correlation Linear Regression | |
| |
| |
| |
Statistical Analysis of Relationships: Advanced and Special Techniques Reliability | |
| |
| |
Analysis Multiple Regre | |