This book from Elsevier is an English medium (अंग्रेज़ी माध्यम) title by Dr. Suresh K. Sharma, covering research methodology and biostatistics (शोध प्रविधि एवं जैव सांख्यिकी) for health care students and professionals. It is written for undergraduate and postgraduate students of medicine, dentistry, nursing, physiotherapy, clinical psychology and other allied health professions, and introduces students and faculty alike to the research methodologies used in the health sciences to record health-related data. Dr. Sharma is Professor cum Principal at a College of Nursing at AIIMS, and the content has been reviewed and authenticated by a panel of renowned faculty members and experts.
The book is aimed squarely at the two situations where this subject actually bites: the university examination, and the moment a student has to design and run a study of their own. It covers the full research process — problem formulation, literature review, hypothesis, research designs including experimental designs and randomised controlled trials, sampling methods both probability and nonprobability, data collection tools, rating and Likert scales, reliability and validity, ethics and informed consent — alongside the statistics: descriptive and inferential statistics, normal distribution, p-values, correlation and regression, and the parametric and nonparametric tests with guidance on which to use when. Unusually for a book of this size, it gives adequate coverage to qualitative research process, methodology and analysis, including grounded theory, rather than treating it as an afterthought.
Several topics here are rarely found together in other research methodology books — sample size calculation, the uses of the different parametric and nonparametric statistical tests, and the qualitative research process and its analysis — and they are worked through with practical examples drawn from the Indian scenario. The presentation is deliberately applied and user-friendly, with self-explanatory language, plenty of worked examples, and diagrammatic and tabular presentation for quick review and recall. About 150 end-of-chapter MCQs let a reader check their preparation for university examinations and for the qualifying entrance examinations for postgraduate and doctoral courses. The whole book is written in English in the Roman script.
Key Features:
English medium book — complete content written in English (Roman script), not in Hindi
By Dr. Suresh K. Sharma, published by Elsevier
Written for UG and PG students of medicine, dentistry, nursing, physiotherapy, clinical psychology and allied health sciences
Content reviewed and authenticated by a panel of renowned faculty and experts
Covers the complete research process from problem formulation to reporting
Covers research designs, experimental designs and randomised controlled trials
Covers probability and nonprobability sampling methods
Covers data collection tools, rating scales, reliability and validity
Covers research ethics and informed consent
Covers descriptive and inferential biostatistics, normal distribution and hypothesis testing
Covers correlation, regression and data analysis
Includes sample size calculation — rarely covered at this level elsewhere
Covers the uses of different parametric and nonparametric statistical tests
Adequate coverage of qualitative research process, methodology and analysis
Practical examples drawn from the Indian scenario
Applied, user-friendly presentation in simple, self-explanatory language
Diagrammatic and tabular presentation for quick review and recall
About 150 end-of-chapter MCQs for self-assessment
Useful for university examinations and for PhD and postgraduate entrance tests
Directly usable for dissertation, thesis and independent research work
एल्सेवियर द्वारा प्रकाशित डॉ. सुरेश के. शर्मा की 'Research Methodology & Biostatistics — A Comprehensive Guide for Health Care Professionals' चिकित्सा, दंत चिकित्सा, नर्सिंग, फ़िज़ियोथेरेपी, क्लिनिकल साइकोलॉजी तथा अन्य संबद्ध स्वास्थ्य विज्ञान के स्नातक एवं स्नातकोत्तर विद्यार्थियों के लिए लिखी गई है। इसमें शोध प्रक्रिया के सभी चरण — शोध समस्या का निर्धारण, साहित्य समीक्षा, परिकल्पना, शोध अभिकल्प (research design), प्रतिचयन विधियाँ, आँकड़ा संग्रहण उपकरण, विश्वसनीयता एवं वैधता तथा शोध नैतिकता — सम्मिलित हैं, साथ ही वर्णनात्मक एवं आगमनात्मक सांख्यिकी, सहसंबंध, समाश्रयण तथा प्राचलिक एवं अप्राचलिक परीक्षणों का प्रयोग विस्तार से समझाया गया है। सैंपल साइज़ की गणना तथा गुणात्मक (qualitative) शोध प्रक्रिया एवं विश्लेषण जैसे विषय, जो अन्य पुस्तकों में प्रायः नहीं मिलते, भारतीय संदर्भ के व्यावहारिक उदाहरणों सहित दिए गए हैं। प्रस्तुति सरल भाषा में, आरेखों एवं तालिकाओं के साथ है तथा प्रत्येक अध्याय के अंत में लगभग 150 बहुविकल्पीय प्रश्न दिए गए हैं। यह पुस्तक विश्वविद्यालय परीक्षाओं के साथ-साथ शोध प्रबंध (dissertation/thesis) कार्य के लिए भी उपयोगी है। ध्यान दें: यह पुस्तक पूर्णतः अंग्रेज़ी भाषा एवं रोमन लिपि में है, हिन्दी में नहीं।
