Research writing in dentistry /
"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 th...
| Main Author: | |
|---|---|
| Format: | |
| Language: | eng |
| Published: |
Ames, Iowa : Wiley-Blackwell,
2010
|
| Subjects: |
| _version_ | 1826442670395883520 |
|---|---|
| author | Von Fraunhofer, J. A. (Joseph Anthony) |
| author_facet | Von Fraunhofer, J. A. (Joseph Anthony) |
| author_sort | Von Fraunhofer, J. A. (Joseph Anthony) |
| collection | OCEAN |
| description | "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. |
| first_indexed | 2024-03-05T10:02:11Z |
| format | |
| id | KOHA-OAI-TEST:430850 |
| institution | Universiti Teknologi Malaysia - OCEAN |
| language | eng |
| last_indexed | 2024-03-05T10:02:11Z |
| publishDate | 2010 |
| publisher | Ames, Iowa : Wiley-Blackwell, |
| record_format | dspace |
| spelling | KOHA-OAI-TEST:4308502020-12-19T17:15:24ZResearch writing in dentistry / Von Fraunhofer, J. A. (Joseph Anthony) Ames, Iowa : Wiley-Blackwell,2010.eng"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.Includes bibliographical references and index.Part II. Statistics and statistical analysis -- Chapter 17 Basic statistics -- Chapter 18 Data and data distributions -- Chapter 19 Averages (measures of central tendency) -- Chapter 20 Measures of dispersion -- Chapter 21 Probability and the Normal curve -- Chapter 22 Presentation of data -- Chapter 23 Comparing sample means -- Chapter 24 Student's t-test -- Chapter 25 Analysis of variance -- Chapter 26 Power analysis -- Chapter 27 Multiple comparisons -- Chapter 28 Chi square test -- Chapter 29 Correlation and regression -- Chapter 30 Weibull analysis -- Chapter 31 Ranking tests.Part I. Organizing, writing and performing dental research. Chapter 1 Introduction -- Chapter 2 What is research? -- Chapter 3 Research planning -- Chapter 4 Performing research -- Chapter 5 How to design a research study -- Chapter 6 Non-bench Research -- Chapter 7 Sources of Error and Avoiding the "Whoops" Factor -- Chapter 8 Reports, dissertations and scientific papers -- Chapter 9 Introduction and Literature review -- Chapter 10 Methods and materials (experimental) -- Chapter 11 Results -- Chapter 12 The discussion -- Chapter 13 Conclusions -- Chapter 14 The abstract -- Chapter 15 Writing style and technique -- Chapter 16 Getting published --"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.PSZJBLDentistryTechnical writing.URN:ISBN:9780813807621 (pbk.)URN:ISBN:081380762X (pbk.) |
| spellingShingle | Dentistry Technical writing. Von Fraunhofer, J. A. (Joseph Anthony) Research writing in dentistry / |
| title | Research writing in dentistry / |
| title_full | Research writing in dentistry / |
| title_fullStr | Research writing in dentistry / |
| title_full_unstemmed | Research writing in dentistry / |
| title_short | Research writing in dentistry / |
| title_sort | research writing in dentistry |
| topic | Dentistry Technical writing. |
| work_keys_str_mv | AT vonfraunhoferjajosephanthony researchwritingindentistry |