Clinical Research in Communication Disorders: Principles and Strategies, Fourth Edition

Clinical Research in Communication Disorders: Principles and Strategies, Fourth Edition

This thoroughly updated fourth edition of Clinical Research in Communication Disorders: Principles and Strategies remains an instrumental resource for courses on research methods and design in communication disorders.

The book is separated into three key sections: science and the scientific methods, clinical research designs, and doing, reporting, and evaluating research. Together, these sections provide thorough coverage of both the single-subject and group design strategies along with issues of measurement; philosophy of science; ethics of research; and planning, conducting, and reporting research.

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Instructors and students in communication sciences and disorders will appreciate the text s comprehensive coverage of scientific methods, group and single-subject research designs, report writing, and ethics of research in a single source.

New to the Fourth Edition

• New coauthor, Anthony P. Salvatore, PhD
• A new chapter on statistical analysis of research data, including several statistical techniques for single-subject research data, meta-analysis of both group and single-subject studies
• Updated criteria for visual analysis of single-subject research data
• New sections on translational research, qualitative research, and mixed methods research
• Descriptions of additional research designs not included in the previous edition (e.g., the regression discontinuity design)
• Updated information on research ethics and review of fraudulent biomedical
• Web-based sources that monitor research fraud and recalled studies
• Updated and expanded references throughout

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