This book is an introduction to quantitative research in the scientific and health disciplines. The whole research process is introduced, from asking a research question to analysis and reporting of the data. The focus, however, is on the analysis of data.
The content covers:
- Asking research questions that can be answered using quantitative methods
- Designing quantitative studies
- Collecting data
- Summarising data, with graphs and numbers
- Analysing data:
- Using confidence intervals (proportions, means, odds ratios)
- Using hypothesis tests (means, odds ratios)
- Correlation and regression
- Communicating results
