Research methods for clinical therapists : applied project design and analysis / Carolyn M. Hicks, BA MA PhD PGCE CPsychol, professor of health care psychology, College of Medical and Dental Sciences, University of Birmingham, UK.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Research design and statistics : some basic concepts -- Questionnaires, surveys, and sampling -- The nature of the data -- Techniques of descriptive statistics -- Testing hypotheses -- Designing your study -- Sources of error in research -- Matching the research design to the statistical test -- Putting the theory into practice -- Writing up the research for publication -- Reading published research critically -- Non-parametric tests for same- and matched-subject designs -- Parametric tests for same- and matched-subject designs -- Non-parametric tests for different- (unrelated-) subject designs -- Parametric tests for different- (unrelated-) subject designs -- Non-parametric and parametric tests for correlational designs -- Estimation -- Attitude scales -- Repertory grid analysis -- Using statistics in diagnostic and screening tests : receiver operating characteristics -- Capturing expert opinion : the Delphi technique -- Capturing the user voice : Thurstone's paired comparison technique -- Capturing the clinician's view : reliability measures -- Undertaking systematic reviews.